Methods of predicting visceral fat in Brazilian adults and older adults: A comparison between anthropometry and computerized tomography

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-12

  Carneiro Roriz, Anna Karla ^a   De Oliveira, Carolina Cunha ^a   Moreira, Pricilla Almeida ^a   Eickemberg, Michaela ^a   Barreto Medeiros, Jairza Maria ^a   Sampaio, Lílian Ramos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Computerized tomography; Sagittal abdominal diameter; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856941744     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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