The validity of predicted body fat percentage from body mass index and from impedance in samples of five European populations

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 973-979

  Deurenberg, P ^a,b   Andreoli, A ^b   Borg, P ^c   Kukkonen Harjula, K ^c   De Lorenzo, A ^b   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, W D ^d   Testolin, G ^e   Vigano, R ^e   Vollaard, N ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance; Body composition; Body fat percentage; Body mass index; International comparison; Validation

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPEAN; FAT FREE MASS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VALIDITY;

EID: 0034766653     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601254     Document Type: Article

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