Stature estimated from knee height in elderly Japanese Americans.
OBJECTIVE
To validate the use of knee-height-to-stature formulas established on Caucasian subjects to estimate height of Japanese-Americans, ages 60 to 90 years.


METHODS
Survey by measurement of a convenience sample.


METHODS
Japanese-American men and women patients, aged 60 years or older, at The Queen's Medical Center during March and April 1992.


METHODS
Each subject's height (without shoes) was measured in inches by standard height scale and then converted to centimeters. Each subject's knee height was measured using the tool and procedure described by Chumlea et al (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1985; 33:116-120).


RESULTS
Statures of Japanese-American men and women predicted by the regression models developed on the Hawaii sample were significantly different (P < 0.0001) from the heights predicted by the Caucasian regression model developed by Chumlea and associates (1985).


CONCLUSIONS
The statistical models specific to elderly Japanese Americans predicted more precise height approximation than models developed on Caucasians.
Myers
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Queen's Medical Center's Nutritional Support Team, Honolulu, HI 96813.
Takiguchi
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Yu
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001213:Asian; D001827:Body Height; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D007717:Knee; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014481:United States; D044465:White People