The relationship between BMI and percent body fat, measured by bioelectrical impedance, in a large adult sample is curvilinear and influenced by age and sex

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 560-566

  Meeuwsen, S ^a   Horgan, G W ^b   Elia, M ^c  

^a Bodystat Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Fat; Impedance; Lean; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT MASS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957341769     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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