Does body mass index reflect adequately the body fat content in perimenopausal women?

Maturitas

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-313

  Kontogianni, Meropi D ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Skopouli, Fotini N ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body composition; Body mass index; Dual X ray absorptiometry; Perimenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERIMENOPAUSE;

EID: 20644462554     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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