Anthropometric measurements as predictors of intraabdominal fat thickness

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-264

  Roopakala, M S ^a   Suresh, Anagha ^a   Ashtalakshmi, ^a   Srinath, ^a   Ashok, ^a   Giridhar, ^a   Anand, ^a   Silvia, Wilma Delphine ^b  

^a M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Central obesity; Intra abdominal fat; Visceral fat; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950469197     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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