Relationship of total body fatness and five anthropometric indices in Chinese aged 20-40 years: Different effects of age and gender

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 511-518

  Lei, S F ^a   Liu, M Y ^a   Chen, X D ^a   Deng, F Y ^a   Lv, J H ^b   Jian, W X ^a   Xu, H ^a   Tan, L J ^a   Yang, Y J ^a   Wang, Y B ^a   Xiao, S M ^a   Sun, X ^a   Jiang, C ^a   Guo, Y F ^a   Guo, J J ^a   Li, Y N ^a   Liu, Y J ^c   Deng, H W ^a,c  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Huaihua   (China)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric index; Obesity; Percent total body fatness; Principal component analysis; Total body fatness

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33645644286     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602345     Document Type: Article

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