BACKGROUND The accurate measurement of stature is not possible in many frail elderly persons because of problems affecting their ability to stand straight. In such cases, knee height may be used to estimate stature. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to explore the applicability of published regression equations to estimate stature of Puerto Rican and other Hispanic elderly persons living in t...

Regression equations predicting body density from skinfold measurements were derived for a group of lactating women. It was concluded that specific equations for lactation were not necessary, since the resultant equations were not significantly different from those published for non-lactating women. The ability to predict an individual's body density from skinfold thickness measurements was uns...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to develop an optimization method of multiple linear regression equation (MLRE), using a genetic algorithm to determine a set of coefficients that minimize the prediction error for the sum of permanent premolars and canine dimensions in a group of young people from a central area of Romania represented by a city called Sibiu. MATERIAL AND METHODS To...

The presence of an isolated limb or limb parts from different individuals presents a major challenge for medicolegal investigators in establishing identification in cases of wars, mass disasters, and criminal assaults because different populations have different sizes and proportions. The measurement of lower limb dimensions showed a high success rate in establishing individual identity in term...

Procedures used by tissue banks in selecting meniscal allografts that will best restore normal contact pressure at the time of surgical implantation into a recipient's knee should be improved. Our objective was to develop regression equations that use dimensions measured from magnetic resonance (MR) images of the contralateral knee to predict values of important meniscal parameters of the injur...

abstract-different evapotranspiration (et) estimation equations having different accuracy with different conditions have been developed for et estimation. this study will firstly focus on the estimation of 13 climatic equations of daily garlic et estimation whose  et is measured by lysimeter to provide information which can be helpful in selecting an appropriate et equation. the paper aims at s...

OBJECTIVE To compare measured and predicted oxygen consumption (VO2) in children with congenital heart disease. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING The cardiac catheterisation laboratory in a university hospital. PATIENTS 125 children undergoing preoperative cardiac catheterisation. INTERVENTIONS VO2 was measured using indirect calorimetry; the predicted values were calculated from regr...

The purpose of this study was to develop regression equations predicting torque output throughout the range of motion for the human elbow, shoulder, knee, and hip. Twenty-two healthy males participated. Torque values throughout the sagittal plane range of motion (i.e., flexion and extension) of the right elbow, shoulder, knee and hip were recorded (isokinetic dynamometer, 1 rad/sec) and express...

Five hundred thirty-four steers were evaluated over a 2-yr period to develop and validate prediction equations for estimating carcass composition from live animal ultrasound measurements and to compare these equations with those developed from carcass measurements. Within 5 d before slaughter, steers were ultrasonically measured for 12th-rib fat thickness (UFAT), longissimus area (ULMA), rump f...