The use of BMI and waist circumference as surrogates of body fat differs by ethnicity

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2817-2824

  Lear, Scott A ^a,b   Humphries, Karin H ^b   Kohli, Simi ^a   Birmingham, C Laird ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 38049087205     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.334     Document Type: Article

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