Body fat reference percentiles on healthy affluent Indian children and adolescents to screen for adiposity

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 947-953

  Khadilkar, A V ^a   Sanwalka, N J ^a   Chiplonkar, S A ^a   Khadilkar, V V ^a   Pandit, D ^a  

^a JEHANGIR HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

A:G ratio; Children; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Indian; Reference percentile curves; Total body fat

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84880302639     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.19     Document Type: Article

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