Cross-validation of prediction equations for estimating the body mass index in adults without the use of body weight

• Júlio César Chaves Nunes Filho ,

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

  * E-mail: juliocesaref@yahoo.com.br

  Affiliations Medical Sciences Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5513-5186

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• Marilia Porto Oliveira Nunes,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

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• Robson Salviano de Matos,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, Fortaleza City Hall, Education Department, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1349-8170

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• Daniel Vieira Pinto,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Brazilian Hospital Services Company/ Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7846-7258

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• Dyego Castelo Branco Holanda Gadelha Pereira,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Medical Sciences Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7091-1019

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• Thais Amanda Silva Pereira Castelo Branco,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8657-4501

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• Geraldo Bezerra Da Silva Júnior,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Sciences and Public Health Graduate Programs, School of Medicine, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

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• Janaina de Almeida Mota Ramalho,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliations Medical Sciences Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

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• Elizabeth De Francesco Daher

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliations Medical Sciences Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

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