title: Body weight estimation in the Italian elderly.
abstract: We have developed two different equations, for each sex of the elderly italian population to predict weight from selected measures of recumbent anthropometry, using data of 172 females (72.8 +/- 8 years old) and 113 males (73.4 +/- 8 years old). The independent variables for both sexes were knee stature. subscapular skinfold, arm and calf circumferences. Cross validation was conducted on a free-living sample of 54 females and 30 males. The recommended equations have a 95% probability of predicting the weight of an elderly man or woman to be within plus or minus 4.9 or 6.1 Kg respectively.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Geriatrico Villa delle Querce, Nemi, Italy.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Donini
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: de Felice
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Bernardini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Medici
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cannella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001823:Body Composition; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015203:Reproducibility of Results