Cut-off values of visceral fat area and waist-to-height ratio: Diagnostic criteria for obesity-related disorders in Korean children and adolescents

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-105

  Lee, Kang Kon ^a   Park, Hye Soon ^b   Yum, Keun Sang ^a  

^a Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body weights and measures; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84255184776     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2012.53.1.99     Document Type: Article

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