Sensitivity and specifi city of the body mass index for the diagnosis of overweight/obesity in elderly;Sensibilidade e especifi cidade do índice de massa corporal no diagnóstico de sobrepeso/obesidade em idosos

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1519-1527

  de Vasconcelos, Francisco de Assis Guedes ^a   Cordeiro, Braian Alves ^a,b   Rech, Cassiano Ricardo ^c   Petroski, Edio Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77957732048     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2010000800006     Document Type: Article

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