Measurement of Percentage of Body Fat in 411 Children and Adolescents: A Comparison of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry with a Four-Compartment Model

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1285-1290

  Sopher, Aviva B ^a   Thornton, John C ^a   Wang, Jack ^a   Pierson Jr , Richard N ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a   Horlick, Mary ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4 compartment model; Adolescents; Body composition; Children; DXA; Obesity; Pediatrics; Percentage of body fat

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MINERAL; CHILD; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOTAL BODY WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 2342457730     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.5.1285     Document Type: Article

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