Anthropometric predictors of body fat as measured by hydrostatic weighing in Guatemalan adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 795-802

  Ramirez Zea, Manuel ^a   Torun, Benjamin ^a   Martorell, Reynaldo ^b   Stein, Aryeh D ^b  

^a Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Adults; Anthropometry; Body composition; Body fat; Developing country; Guatemala; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646687744     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.4.795     Document Type: Article

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