Relationship between body mass index and adiposity in prepubertal children: Ethnic and geographic comparisons between New York City and Jinan City (China)

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 488-493

  Navder, Khursheed P ^a,b   He, Qing ^a,c   Zhang, Xiaojing ^d   He, Suyuan ^d   Gong, Luxia ^d   Sun, Yungao ^e   Deckelbaum, Richard J ^c   Thornton, John ^a   Gallagher, Dympna ^a,c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Jinan Maternity and Child Care Hospital   (China)

^e Mednet Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

African American; Asian; Body mass index; Caucasian; Percent body fat

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 68249133640     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00086.2009     Document Type: Article

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