The utility of predicted values in place of directly measured body composition

Dong Hoon Lee¹, Edward L Giovannucci^{1

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¹ Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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Dong Hoon Lee et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021.

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. 2021 Aug 2;114(2):418-419.

doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab127.

Dong Hoon Lee¹, Edward L Giovannucci^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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The perils of using predicted values in place of observed covariates: an example of predicted values of body composition and mortality risk.
Haber G, Sampson J, Flegal KM, Graubard B. Haber G, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Aug 2;114(2):661-668. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab074. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021. PMID: 33831946 Free PMC article.