Hospitalized Adult Anthropometric Measurements for Weight and Height Estimation

A study of 142 hospitalized adults of both genders compared actual body measurements with estimates from formulas. Anthropometric measurements included body weight, height, knee height, arm length, span, demi-span, recumbent height, and several circumferences and skinfold thickness. The data was used to analyze the accuracy of different estimation formulas, finding most differed significantly from actual measurements except for height in men estimated via knee height.

Use Cases

• Validate body weight estimation formulas based on arm, abdominal, and calf circumferences.
• Compare height estimation methodologies using variables like knee height and demi-span.
• Assess the impact of estimated vs. actual measurements on Body Mass Index (BMI) nutritional diagnosis.
• Analyze gender-specific differences in anthropometric estimation accuracy for hospitalized populations.

Strengths

• Includes 142 patient records, providing a basis for statistical comparison.
• Contains multiple direct anthropometric measurements (e.g., knee height, circumferences, skinfold thickness) for validation.
• Study design explicitly compares actual measurements against estimated values using paired t-tests.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Data may reflect bias inherent to the specific hospital population studied.

Provenance

Source

Ana Paula Ferreira Melo via paperswithcode

Collection Method

Clinical study collecting anthropometric measurements from hospitalized adults.

Time Range

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