Concordance of the recently published body adiposity index with measured body fat percent in European-American adults

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 900-903

  Johnson, William ^a   Chumlea, William C ^b   Czerwinski, Stefan A ^b   Demerath, Ellen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY ADIPOSITY INDEX; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OHIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859215560     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.346     Document Type: Article

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