Evaluation of the body adiposity index in a caucasian population: The hordaland health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 586-592

  Vinknes, Kathrine J ^a   Elshorbagy, Amany K ^b,c   Drevon, Christian A ^a   Gjesdal, Clara G ^d,e   Tell, Grethe S ^d   Nygård, Ottar ^d,e   Vollset, Stein E ^d,f   Refsum, Helga ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

adiposity; Bland Altman plots; body adiposity index; body mass index; dual energy X ray absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CORRELATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH MONITORING; MENS HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY ADIPOSITY INDEX; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

HORDALAND; NORWAY;

EID: 84874923233     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws271     Document Type: Article

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