Validity of currently used cutoff values of body mass index as a measure of obesity in Sri Lankan children.

The Ceylon medical journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 114-119

  Wickramasinghe, V P ^a   Lamabadusuriya, S P ^b   Cleghorn, G J ^b   Davies, P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FLUIDS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952109585     PISSN: 00090875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v54i4.1451     Document Type: Article

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