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PREDICTIVE DEMI-SPAN EQUATIONS FOR ESTIMATION OF STATURE IN AGED MEXICAN AMERICANS

C. Siordia, L.J. Panas, K.Markides

J Frailty Aging 2012;1(3):118-122

Objectives: To develop demi-span height predictive equations for older Mexican Americans. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Data files housed by the Sociomedical Division in the department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Participants: 1,078 (700 females, 378 males) Southwest U.S.A. community-dwelling older Mexican Americans, aged 80-102 years. Measurements: Demi-span, height, weight, BMI, demi-span equivalent height (DSEH), DSEH derived BMI (DS-BMI). Bland and Altman agreement analysis on: height and DSEH; BMI and DS-BMI. Paired t-test comparing derived and actual measures by single-age units and sex. Results: DSEH with Bassey equations (DSEHBassey) are significantly different than actual measures. DSEHBassey derived BMIs (DSBasseyBMIs) are significantly different than BMIs computed from actual measures. DSEH with Mexican equations (DSEHMexican) are not significantly different than real measures. DSEHMexican derived BMIs (DSMexicanBMIs) are not significantly different than real measures. Conclusions: These findings provide evidence that both DSEHBassey and DSBasseyBMIs estimates are significantly different from measured height and BMI. Both DSEHMexican and DSMexicanBMIs estimates are shown to produce similar height and BMI estimates to those obtained from real measures.

CITATION:
C. Siordia ; L.J. Panas ; K. Markides (2012): Predictive Demi-Span Equations for Estimation of Stature in Aged Mexican Americans. The Journal of Frailty and Aging (JFA). http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2012.19

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