Percent body fat, skinfold thickness or body mass index for defining obesity or overweight, as a risk factor for asthma in schoolchildren: Which one to use in epidemiological studies?

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 304-310

  Garcia Marcos, Luis ^a,b   Valverde Molina, Jose ^c   Castaños Ortega, Maria L ^c   Sanchez Solis, Manuel ^a   Martinez Torres, Antonia E ^a   Castro Rodríguez, Jose A ^d  

^a Arrixaca University Children's Hospital   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Hospital Los Arcos   (Spain)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Asthma; Body fat; Body mass index; Children; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES IN CHILDHOOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPAIN; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPAIN;

EID: 52649091756     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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