Short stature is related to high body fat composition despite body mass index in a Mexican population

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-140

  López Alvarenga, Juan Carlos ^a   Montesinos Cabrera, Rebeca A ^a   Velázquez Alva, Consuelo ^b   González Barranco, Jorge ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body fat; Body mass index; Mexico; Short stature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMPEDANCE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHORT STATURE; TALL STATURE;

EID: 17744412520     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(03)00002-X     Document Type: Article

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