Trunk and lower limb fat mass evaluated by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in a 20- to 80-year-old healthy italian population

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-159

  Coin, Alessandr ^a   Ruggiero, Elena ^a   Giannini, Sandro ^a   Pedrazzoni, Mario ^b   Minisola, Salvatore ^c   Rossini, Maurizio ^d   Del Puente, Antonio ^e   Inelmen, Emine Meral ^a   Manzato, Enzo ^a   Sergi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body composition; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Fat mass distribution; Reference values; Trunk legs ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRUNK;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ITALY; LEG; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORSO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866943955     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342086     Document Type: Article

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