Selecting the best anthropometric variables to characterize a population of healthy elderly persons Selección de las variables antropométricas más adecuadas para caracterizar una población de personas mayores sanas

The objective is to select the best anthropometric measurements to characterize a healthy elderly population. For that, 1030 healthy elderly persons (508 men and 522 women) living independently or in an institution (in both public and private homes) were enrolled for this population-based, cross-sec...

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Main Authors: J. Tesedo Nieto, E. Barrado Esteban, A. Velasco Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arán Ediciones, S. L. 2011-04-01
Series:Nutrición Hospitalaria
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-16112011000200021