Two-component models are of limited value for the assessment of body composition in patients with cirrhosis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1151-1162

  Morgan, Marsha Y ^a   Madden, Angela M ^a   Jennings, Graham ^b   Elia, Marinos ^b   Fuller, Nigel J ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 component model; Anthropometric measures; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body composition; Cirrhosis; Densitometry; Density of fat free mass; Deuterium dilution; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Fat free mass; Healthy control subjects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 33750915257     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/84.5.1151     Document Type: Article

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