Validation of skinfold thickness and hand-held impedance measurements for estimation of body fat percentage among Singaporean Chinese, Malay and Indian subjects

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Deurenberg, Paul ^a,c   Deurenberg Yap, Mabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Research and Information Management   (Singapore)

^c NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Body composition; Chinese; Ethnic groups; Impedance; Indians; Malays; Singapore; Skinfolds; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHINESE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INDIA; INDIAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONGOLOID RACE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGAPORE; SKINFOLD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0036023697     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.2002.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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