Percentile curves for fat patterning in German adolescents

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-23

  Haas, Gerda Maria ^a   Liepold, Evelyn ^a   Schwandt, Peter ^a  

^a Arteriosklerose Praeventions Institut Muenchen and Nuernberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

German adolescents; skinfold thickness; waist circumference; waist to height ratio; waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 79251588746     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-011-0241-4     Document Type: Article

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