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Estimación de talla y peso en niños de 9 a 14 años a partir de la altura de la rodilla y de la circunferencia media del brazo
Mercedes Marquez Acosta, Rafael D. Yépez Rivas, Carmen E. Rivas de Yépez, Rosalía S. de Naranjo, Guillermo Ramos, Manuel Rincón Silva, Naika Díaz, Milagros Pontiles
Universidad de Carabobo y Unidad de Investigaciones en Nutrición (Universidad de Carabobo- IVSS-Fundación Cavendes).
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SUMMARY
Estimating stature and body weight from knee height and mid arm circumference for children 9 to 4 years old
Some individuals with functional limitations or in some clinical or field areas have troubles to get stature and body weight measurement done. It does exist the alternative of estimating these variables from measurements of body segments like knee height (KH) and mid arm circumference (MAC). Of a sample of 1 13 healthy Venezuelan children, both sexs.9 to 14 years of age, equations sugested by Ross Laboratories for estimating stature ang body weight were applied. It was concluded that the need for an ajustment was evident which done using multiple regression analysis. This allowed us to generate estimated stature an weight by KH and MAC tables, for Venezuelan children.
Key words: Knee height, mid arm circumference, estimated stature, estimated body weight.
Recibido: 11/11/1996
Aceptado: 03/07/1998
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ALAN-VE ISSN 0004-0622 - Depósito Legal: pp 199602DF83
Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición
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