Lean body mass in preschool aged urban children in India: Gender difference

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-393

  Shaikh, S ^a   Mahalanabis, D ^a   Chatterjee, S ^b   Kurpad, A V ^c   Khaled, M A ^d  

^a SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Girls; Lean body mass; Stunting; Total body water; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYZER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INDIA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POVERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

BIA;

EID: 0037349021     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601571     Document Type: Review

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