Consistency of fat mass-fat-free mass relationship across ethnicity and sex groups

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1272-1276

  Broyles, Stephanie T ^a   Bouchard, Claude ^a   Bray, George A ^a   Greenway, Frank L ^a   Johnson, William D ^a   Newton, Robert L ^a   Ravussin, Eric ^a   Ryan, Donna H ^a   Smith, Steven R ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNICITY; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455175367     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510004794     Document Type: Article

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