Optimized predictions of absolute and relative amounts of body fat from weight, height, other anthropometric predictors, and age

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-259

  Larsson, Ingrid ^a   Henning, Björn ^a   Lindroos, Anna Karin ^a   Näslund, Ingmar ^b   Sjöström, Carl David ^a   Sjöström, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body fat indexes; Maximum relative fatness; Prediction of body fat; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OBESITY; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIODENSITOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33644856914     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.2.252     Document Type: Article

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