Estimation of abdominal fat mass: Validity of abdominal bioelectrical impedance analysis and a new model based on anthropometry compared with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry

Menopause

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1280-1283

  Manios, Yannis ^a   Kanellakis, Spyridon ^a   Moschonis, George ^a   Pipidis, Ilias ^b   Skoufas, Efstathios ^b   Zafiropulos, Vassilis ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Skinfold; ViScan; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL FAT MASS; ADULT; ANALYZER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DEVICE; MODEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD; TAPE MEASUREMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84889085045     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0b013e31828f5cd8     Document Type: Article

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