Methods of estimation of visceral fat: Advantages of ultrasonography

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1488-1494

  Ribeiro Filho, Fernando F ^a,b   Faria, Alessandra N ^a   Azjen, Sergio ^a   Zanella, Maria Teresa ^a   Ferreira, Sandra R G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Rua Loefgreen 1543 104   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BMI; Circumferences; Metabolic syndrome; Ultrasonography; Visceral adiposity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; ROC CURVE;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2142797515     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.199     Document Type: Article

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