Body mass index compared to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry: Evidence for a spectrum bias

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 837-843

  Curtin, François ^a,b   Morabia, Alfredo ^a   Pichard, Claude ^a   Slosman, Daniel O ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Clinical Biochemistry   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Dual energy x ray absorptiometry; Fat; Obesity; Sensitivity; Spectrum bias

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030755163     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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