The effect of sex, age and race on estimating percentage body fat from body mass index: The Heritage Family Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 789-796

  Jackson, A S ^a,b   Stanforth, P R ^a   Gagnon, J ^c   Rankinen, T ^d   Leon, A S ^e   Rao, D C ^f   Skinner, J S ^g   Bouchard, C ^d   Wilmore, J H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Obese; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036269774     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802006     Document Type: Article

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