The body adiposity index (Hip Circumference ÷ Height 1.5) Is not a more accurate measure of adiposity than Is BMI, waist circumference, or hip circumference

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2438-2444

  Freedman, David S ^a   Thornton, John C ^b   Pi Sunyer, F Xavier ^b   Heymsfield, Steven B ^c   Wang, Jack ^b   Pierson, Richard N ^b   Blanck, Heidi M ^a   Gallagher, Dympna ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY ADIPOSITY INDEX; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84870299545     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2012.81     Document Type: Article

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