Accuracy of Current Body Mass Index Obesity Classification for White, Black, and Hispanic Reproductive-Age Women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 982-988

  Rahman, Mahbubur ^a   Berenson, Abbey B ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951540413     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181da9423     Document Type: Article

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