Diagnostic accuracy of anthropometric indices for obesity screening among asian adolescents

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-8

  Deurenberg Yap, Mabel ^a,b   Niti, Matthew ^a   Foo, Ling Li ^c   Ng, Swee Ai ^a   Loke, Kah Yin ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

BMI for age references; Percentage body fat; Singapore; Validity; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 60049083052     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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