Two-dimensional predictive equation to classify visceral obesity in clinical practice

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1181-1191

  Garaulet, Marta ^a   Hernández Morante, Juan J ^a   Tébar, Francisco J ^b   Zamora, Salvador ^a   Canteras, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Computed tomography; Multiple regression analysis; Predictive equation; Visceral obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846866068     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.135     Document Type: Article

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