Anthropometric indices of nutritional status in Croatian oldest old: new equations to predict height and weight

Periodicum biologorum

NARANČIĆ, NINA SMOLEJ²  MILIČIĆ, JASNA²  TOMAS, ŽELJKA²  ŠKARIĆ-JURIĆ, TATJANA²  TOMEK-ROKSANDIĆ, SPOMENKA¹  ZAJC PETRANOVIĆ, MATEA² 

[1] Center of Gerontology, Dr. Andrija Štampar Institute of Public Health, Mirogojska 16, Zagreb, Croatia;Institute for Anthropological Research, Ljudevita Gaja 32, Zagreb, Croatia

关键词: Anthropometry;    nutritional status;    oldest-old;    prediction equations;    weight;    height;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Periodicum Biologorum

【 摘 要 】

Anthropometry is an essential tool in the geriatric nutritional assessment. Measuring height and weight can be quite problematic in the old age so they can be estimated using theWHO equations. The purpose of this study was to: (a) show...

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