lying and standing height) (Bland and Altman, 1986). All the analyses were undertaken using SPSS version 17 (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA). Men <65 years=84.5+3.2 ulna length (cm) (r=0.748, s.e.e. 4.8 ...

was not significantly different from the mean difference between height determined from half-span and PH (mean±s.d.: −0.4±5.5 cm), P=0.41. Measuring ulna length requires the identification ...