Gender differences in the relationship between percent body fat (%BF) and body mass index (BMI) in Japanese children

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-125

  Morimoto, Aya ^a   Nishimura, Rimei ^a,b   Sano, Hironari ^a   Matsudaira, Toru ^a   Miyashita, Yumi ^a   Shirasawa, Takako ^c   Koide, Shotaro ^c   Takahashi, Eiko ^c   Tajima, Naoko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Gender difference; Japanese; Percent body fat

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; JAPANESE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34548349252     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.02.022     Document Type: Article

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