A comparative study of methods for diagnosis of obesity in an urban mixed-race population in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 883-890

  De Freitas, Silvia Nascimento ^a   Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira ^b   César, Cibele Comini ^b   Cândido, Ana Paula Carlos ^a   Faria, Valéria Andrade ^a   Neto, Raimundo Marques Do Nascimento ^c   Machado Coelho, George Luiz Lins ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Institute of Hypertension   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Area under the curve; Body fat percentage; Obesity; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN COLOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34547787243     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007352452     Document Type: Article

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