Comparison of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometric and anthropometric measures of adiposity in relation to adiposity-related biologic factors 1qi sun

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1442-1454

  Dam, Rob M Van ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a   Sun, Qi ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptiometry; Adiposity; Body mass index; Nutrition surveys; Photon; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ADSORPTION; AGE CLASS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMARKER; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT; GENDER; GLUCOSE; HORMONE; INDEX METHOD; LIPID; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PLASMA; PROTEIN; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952116067     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq306     Document Type: Article

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