Measuring adiposity in patients: The utility of body mass index (BMI), percent body fat, and leptin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Shah, Nirav R ^a,d   Braverman, Eric R ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Path Foundation NY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; BLOOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859224327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033308     Document Type: Article

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