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Determinants of reliability of self-reported height and weight and their impact on medication dosing: a cross-sectional study

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  • Markus Therre Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyFaculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ingrid Kindermann Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyFaculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sonja Maria Wedegärtner Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Federal German Pension Agency, Teltow, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stephanie Groß Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyFaculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Igor Schwantke Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyFaculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Felix Mahfoud Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandCardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Heart Center, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Böhm Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, GermanyFaculty of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, GermanyHOMICAREM–Homburg Institute for CardioRenalMetabolic Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Ingrid Kindermann; ingrid.kindermann{at}uks.eu
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Therre M, Kindermann I, Wedegärtner SM, et al
Determinants of reliability of self-reported height and weight and their impact on medication dosing: a cross-sectional study
BMJ Open 2025;15:e090020. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090020

Publication history

  • Received June 17, 2024
  • Accepted March 10, 2025
  • First published April 15, 2025.
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April 15, 2025
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