Body mass index and measures of adiposity among elderly adults;Índice de massa corporal e indicadores antropométricos de adiposidade em idosos

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-168

  Martins dos Santos, Débora ^a   Sichieri, Rosely ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult health; Aging Health; Anthropometry; Body mass index; Brachial perimeter; Nutritional Status; Obesity, diagnosis; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 21644455570     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102005000200004     Document Type: Article

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