Measurement of body composition in 810-year-old African-American girls: A comparison of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and foot-to-foot bioimpedance methods

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-396

  McClanahan, Barbara S ^a   Stockton, Michelle B ^a   Lanctot, Jennifer Q ^b   Relyea, George ^a   Klesges, Robert C ^b,c   Slawson, Deborah L ^d   Schilling, Leslie P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

^e Schilling Nutrition Therapy LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

African American girls; Bioelectrical impedance (BIA); Dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DEXA); Foot by foot BIA; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 70450280725     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477160902763358     Document Type: Article

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