Ethnic differences in the association between body mass index and impedance index (Ht2/Z) in adult women and men using a leg-to-leg bioimpedance method

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1337-1340

  Siervo, M ^a   Davies, A A ^b   Jebb, S A ^a   Jalil, F ^c   Moore, S E ^b   Prentice, A M ^b  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAYO HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; INDIAN; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35748946325     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602678     Document Type: Article

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