Prediction of DXA-determined whole body fat from skinfolds: Importance of including skinfolds from the thigh and calf in young, healthy men and women

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 695-702

  Eston, R G ^a   Rowlands, A V ^a   Charlesworth, S ^b   Davies, A ^c   Hoppitt, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body fat; Calf Skinfold; DXA; Skinfold thicknesses; Thigh skinfold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WATER; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH;

EID: 19144368227     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602131     Document Type: Article

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