Comparisons of percentage body fat, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-stature ratio in adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 500-508

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Shepherd, John A ^b   Looker, Anne C ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^c   Borrud, Lori G ^a   Ogden, Cynthia L ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^d   Everhart, James E ^e   Schenker, Nathaniel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649113534     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26847     Document Type: Article

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