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| Title |
Accuracy and consistency of weights provided by home bathroom scales
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1194 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Meredith Yorkin, Kim Spaccarotella, Jennifer Martin-Biggers, Virginia Quick, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner |
| Abstract |
Self-reported body weight is often used for calculation of Body Mass Index because it is easy to collect. Little is known about sources of error introduced by using bathroom scales to measure weight at home. The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and consistency of digital versus dial-type bathroom scales commonly used for self-reported weight. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 33% |
| Spain | 2 | 17% |
| Latvia | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 75% |
| Scientists | 2 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 135 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 132 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 10% |
| Researcher | 7 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 10% |
| Unknown | 55 | 41% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 21 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 15% |
| Engineering | 9 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Sports and Recreations | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 18 | 13% |
| Unknown | 57 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 57. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 May 2023.
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#668
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#6,788
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#9
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Altmetric has tracked 23,881,329 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 15,466 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.3. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
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