Height prediction formula for middle-aged (30-55 y) Caucasians

Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1075-1081

  Cereda, Emanuele ^a   Bertoli, Simona ^a   Battezzati, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Estimated height; Knee height; Middle aged subjects; Nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE LENGTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA LENGTH; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77957812126     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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