驾照作为身高和体重数据的来源。

Driver's licenses as a source of data on height and weight.

作者信息

Ossiander Eric M, Emanuel Irvin, O'brien William, Malone Kathleen

机构信息

Washington State Department of Health, P.O. Box 47812, Olympia, WA 98504-7812, USA.

出版信息

Econ Hum Biol. 2004 Jun;2(2):219-27. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2004.05.001.

DOI:10.1016/j.ehb.2004.05.001

PMID:15464003

Abstract

We investigated the feasibility of using driver's license records to obtain height and weight data of individuals. First, we linked Washington State driver's license records (DOL) to the state birth files to assess how well driver's licenses can be linked to a public health database. We were able to match 78.4% of mothers and 71.7% of fathers on birth records to driver's license records. Then we assessed the accuracy of DOL height and weight data by comparing them to heights and weights measured on control women enrolled in a cancer etiology study (CES). There is a close relation between CES and DOL heights, but not a close relation between weights. Our results suggest that driver's license files are a good source of information for women's heights, but are not as good for women's weights.

摘要

我们研究了利用驾照记录获取个人身高和体重数据的可行性。首先，我们将华盛顿州驾照记录（DOL）与该州出生档案相链接，以评估驾照与公共卫生数据库的链接程度。我们能够将出生记录中78.4%的母亲和71.7%的父亲与驾照记录相匹配。然后，我们通过将DOL身高和体重数据与参加癌症病因研究（CES）的对照女性所测量的身高和体重进行比较，来评估DOL身高和体重数据的准确性。CES与DOL的身高之间存在密切关系，但体重之间不存在密切关系。我们的结果表明，驾照档案是获取女性身高信息的良好来源，但获取女性体重信息则不然。