Development and validation of predictive workable weight equations for Brazilian older adult residents in long-term care institutions

Marcos Felipe Silva de Lima; Natália Louise de Araújo Cabral; Larissa Praça de Oliveira; Laura Camila Pereira Liberalino; Severina Carla Vieira Cunha Lima; Lucia de Fátima Campos Pedrosa; Kenio Costa de Lima; Clélia de Oliveira Lyra

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0280541

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Development and validation of predictive workable weight equations for Brazilian older adult residents in long-term care institutions

Marcos Felipe Silva de Lima ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: marcosfelipe@ymail.com

Affiliation Postgraduate of Public Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2196-6985

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Natália Louise de Araújo Cabral,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Postgraduate of Public Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Larissa Praça de Oliveira,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration

Affiliation Postgraduate of Public Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Laura Camila Pereira Liberalino,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Postgraduate of Public Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Severina Carla Vieira Cunha Lima,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Lucia de Fátima Campos Pedrosa,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Kenio Costa de Lima,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Clélia de Oliveira Lyra

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Development and validation of predictive workable weight equations for Brazilian older adult residents in long-term care institutions

Marcos Felipe Silva de Lima,
Natália Louise de Araújo Cabral,
Larissa Praça de Oliveira,
Laura Camila Pereira Liberalino,
Severina Carla Vieira Cunha Lima,
Lucia de Fátima Campos Pedrosa,
Kenio Costa de Lima,
Clélia de Oliveira Lyra

Published: January 20, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280541

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