10.6084/m9.figshare.7835132.v1
Bruna Calixto Sant’Anna
Bruna Calixto
Sant’Anna
Gisella Meireles de Castro Lage
Gisella Meireles de Castro
Lage
Silvia Maria Custódio das Dores
Silvia Maria Custódio das
Dores
Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde
Luis Guillermo Coca
Velarde
Sérgio Girão Barroso
Sérgio Girão
Barroso
Gabrielle de Souza Rocha
Gabrielle de Souza
Rocha
Agreement among methods for study estimation of elderly height at the nutrition ambulatory
SciELO journals
2019
Health of the Elderly
Nutrition Assessment
Body Height
2019-03-13 02:41:38
Dataset
https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Agreement_among_methods_for_study_estimation_of_elderly_height_at_the_nutrition_ambulatory/7835132
<div><p>Abstract Objective: to evaluate methods of elderly height estimation attended at the Nutrition ambulatory. Method: a total of 43 elderly individuals of both genders were evaluated during nutrition consultations. Sociodemographic data were collected from charts and height, knee height, arms wingspan and semi-span were measured. Statistical analysis were made through Bland-Altman test to evaluate concordance among statures estimated by predictive formulas and the height measured. Results: the values found were: height measured in meters 1.53 (±0.08), height estimated by the wingspan 1.60 (±0.10), by the semi-span 1.61 (±0.11) and by the knee height 1.56 (±0.10). According to the Bland-Altman graph, the height estimated by knee height showed a better agreement with the measured height. Conclusion: according to this study results, poor predictive formulas concordance in height estimation in elderly, using the measures: arms wingspan and semi-span with real stature measured were observed. Knee height, using Chumlea formula, presented the best concordance with measured stature and seems to be a good way for stature estimation at the studied population.</p></div>