Body mass index, waist girth, and waist-to-hip ratio as indexes of total and regional adiposity in women: Evaluation using receiver operating characteristic curves

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-49

  Taylor, Rachael W ^a   Keil, Debbie ^b   Gold, Elspeth J ^b   Williams, Sheila M ^b   Goulding, Ailsa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body mass index; Dual; DXA; Energy X ray absorptiometry; Receiver operating characteristic curve; Regional fat distribution; ROC curve; Waist circumference; Waist to hip ratio; WHR; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; SCREENING;

EID: 0031974738     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.1.44     Document Type: Article

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