Predicting total fat mass from skinfold thicknesses in japanese prepubertal children: A cross-sectional and longitudinal validation

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 426-431

  Midorikawa, Taishi ^a,b   Ohta, Megumi ^c   Hikihara, Yuki ^d   Torii, Suguru ^b   Bemben, Michael G ^e   Sakamoto, Shizuo ^b  

^a J F OBERLIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; DXA; Fat mass; Prediction equation; Skinfold

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VALIDATION STUDY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 80053643389     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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