Characteristics of body fat, body fat percentage and other body composition for Koreans from KNHANES IV

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1599-1605

  Hong, Sangmo ^a   Oh, Han Jin ^b   Choi, Hoon ^c   Kim, Jung Gu ^d   Lim, Sung Kil ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^e   Pyo, Eun Young ^e   Oh, Kyungwon ^e   Kim, Young Taek ^e   Wilson, Kevin ^f   Choi, Woong Hwan ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^f HOLOGIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; DXA; Korea; NHANES; Obesity; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; SOUTH KOREA;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84863011255     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.12.1599     Document Type: Article

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