Body mass index in screening for adiposity in children and adolescents: Systematic evaluation using receiver operating characteristic curves

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 500-506

  Lazarus, Ross ^a,b   Baur, Louise ^a   Webb, Karen ^a   Blyth, Fiona ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

body mass index; Obesity; receiver operating characteristics; screening; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0029924434     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.4.500     Document Type: Article

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