Association between waist circumference and percentage body fat among rural Thais

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1592-1600

  Pongchaiyakul, Chatlert ^a   Pongchaiyakul, Choowong ^a   Wanothayaroj, Ekgaluck ^a   Nguyen, Tuan V ^b   Rajatanavin, Rajata ^c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Obesity; Percentage body fat; Rural; Thailand; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RURAL POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND;

EID: 33750984814     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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