Prediction of visceral fat area at the umbilicus level using fat mass of the trunk: The validity of bioelectrical impedance analysis

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 823-833

  Demura, S ^a   Sato, S ^a  

^a KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Computed tomography; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; UMBILICUS; VALIDATION STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UMBILICUS;

EID: 34147106882     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600875010     Document Type: Article

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