Computed tomography-based validation of abdominal adiposity measurements from ultrasonography, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and anthropometry

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 582-588

  Gradmark, Anna M I ^a   Rydh, Anders ^a   Renström, Frida ^a   De Lucia Rolfe, Emanuella ^b   Sleigh, Alison ^c   Nordström, Peter ^a   Brage, Soren ^b   Franks, Paul W ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Computed tomography; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Obesity; Ultrasound; Validation; Waist circumference; Waist:height ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77956220614     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000796     Document Type: Article

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