Optimal body fat percentage cut-offs for obesity in Chinese adults

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 393-398

  Li, Ling ^a,b   Wang, Chen ^a,b,d   Bao, Yuqian ^b   Peng, Liangpu ^c   Gu, Huilin ^d   Jia, Weiping ^a,b,e  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus   (China)

^c Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes   (China)

^d Caoyang Health Center   (China)

^e Huayang Health Center   (China)

Author keywords

Body fat percentage; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY FAT; CHINESE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84858972368     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2012.05684.x     Document Type: Article

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