Estimation of deep-abdominal-adipose-tissue (DAAT) accumulation from simple anthropometric measurements in Indian men and women

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 658-666

  Brundavani, V ^a,c   Murthy, S R ^a   Kurpad, A V ^b  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b St John's Institute of Population Health and Clinical Research   (India)

^c Rainbow Children's Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Body fat distribution; Central body fat; Deep abdominal adipose tissue; Waist circumference and BMI

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL FAT; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INDIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33744999888     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602366     Document Type: Article

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