Body adiposity index, body mass index, and body fat in white and black adults

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 828-830

  Barreira, Tiago V ^a   Harrington, Deirdre M ^a   Staiano, Amanda E ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; GENDER; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80052070427     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1189     Document Type: Letter

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