Abstract
To the Editor: Because body size contributes to the variation in many physiologic and morphologic variables, it is generally useful to normalize results obtained in different persons with respect to differences in body size. Osteoporosis, with its reduction in standing height, is a case in point. No one would seriously suggest that all of a woman's height-related variables would immediately decrease proportionately after compression fractures. What, then, is the correct referent, or normalizer, for her data? Similarly, nutritional assessment in the bedfast elderly person often calls for a measure of stature (height) that is not easily obtainable in recumbent subjects.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 795-796 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
| Volume | 319 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 22 1988 |
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Relation between Measured and Recalled Body Height. / Heaney, Robert P.; Ryan, Rita.
In: New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 319, No. 12, 22.09.1988, p. 795-796.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
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T1 - Relation between Measured and Recalled Body Height
AU - Heaney, Robert P.
AU - Ryan, Rita
PY - 1988/9/22
Y1 - 1988/9/22
N2 - To the Editor: Because body size contributes to the variation in many physiologic and morphologic variables, it is generally useful to normalize results obtained in different persons with respect to differences in body size. Osteoporosis, with its reduction in standing height, is a case in point. No one would seriously suggest that all of a woman's height-related variables would immediately decrease proportionately after compression fractures. What, then, is the correct referent, or normalizer, for her data? Similarly, nutritional assessment in the bedfast elderly person often calls for a measure of stature (height) that is not easily obtainable in recumbent subjects.
AB - To the Editor: Because body size contributes to the variation in many physiologic and morphologic variables, it is generally useful to normalize results obtained in different persons with respect to differences in body size. Osteoporosis, with its reduction in standing height, is a case in point. No one would seriously suggest that all of a woman's height-related variables would immediately decrease proportionately after compression fractures. What, then, is the correct referent, or normalizer, for her data? Similarly, nutritional assessment in the bedfast elderly person often calls for a measure of stature (height) that is not easily obtainable in recumbent subjects.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198809223191216
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JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
SN - 0028-4793
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