The normal range of body mass index with high body fat percentage among male residents of Lucknow city in north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-77

  Kesavachandran, Chandrasekharan Nair ^a   Bihari, Vipin ^a   Mathur, Neeraj ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

BMI; Body fat ; New cut Off; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857824085     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.93427     Document Type: Article

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