Measurement of Weight in Clinical Trials: Is One Day Enough?

• Main Authors: Nisa M. Maruthur (Author), William M. Vollmer (Author), Jeanne M. Clark (Author), Gerald J. Jerome (Author), Lillian F. Lien (Author), Catherine M. Loria (Author), Lawrence J. Appel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Weight is typically measured on a single day in research studies. This practice assumes negligible day-to-day weight variability, although little evidence exists to support this assumption. We compared the precision of measuring weight on one versus two days among control participants in...