Simple anthropometrics are more correlated with health variables than are estimates of body composition in Yup'ik people

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Bray, Maria ^a   Pomeroy, Jeremy ^b   Knowler, William C ^a,b   Bersamin, Andrea ^a   Hopkins, Scarlett ^a   Brage, Soren ^c   Stanhope, Kimber ^d   Havel, Peter J ^d   Boyer, Bert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOIMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WATER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLY LABELED WATER TECHNIQUE; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; HEART DISEASE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INUITS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884908899     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20125     Document Type: Article

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