Predicting intra-abdominal fatness from anthropometric measures: The influence of stature

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 587-593

  Han, T S ^a,b   McNeill, G ^a   Seidell, J C ^c   Lean, M E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Cardiovascular disease; Computerised tomography; Health promotion; Height; Magnetic resonance imaging; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIANCE;

EID: 0030906217     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800446     Document Type: Article

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