Equations for the height estimate from the hemimainbrace in Santiago de Cuba population
Keywords:
adult, equation, height estimate, hemimainbrace.Abstract
A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 265 adults (101 men and 164 women) of the Medicine Faculty No. 1 in Santiago de Cuba, was carried out from September to October, 2014, aimed at determining the equations for the height estimate and verifying if those that were validated in adults of other nationalities have applicability in this population. A high correlation between the height and the hemimainbrace
(p<0.001), r=0.889; 0.803 and 0.765 for men and women, respectively was found. The error between the models and the measured height was lower (0.27 for men and 0.36 for women) in the proposed model than in Bassey (8.83; 9.89) and Shahar models (11.72; 12.11). The correlation between height and hemimainbrace facilitated the obtaining of contextualized equations in this mean, which confirmed the necessity to possess these equations for each population.
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