How accurate are self-reported height, weight, and BMI among community-dwelling elderly Japanese?: Evidence from a national population-based study

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-256

  Yong, Vanessa ^a   Saito, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Elderly; Height; Japan; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY DWELLING ELDERLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84859004672     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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