A method comparison study to validate a novel parameter of obesity, the body adiposity index, in chinese subjects

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Lam, Benjamin Chih Chiang ^a   Lim, Su Chi ^a   Wong, Michael Tack Keong ^a   Shum, Eugene ^b   Ho, Ching Yun ^a   Bosco, Jerome Iral Ezhll ^a   Chen, Cynthia ^c   Koh, Gerald Choon Huat ^c  

^a KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Eastern Health Alliance   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY ADIPOSITY INDEX; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SINGAPORE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84889670164     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20504     Document Type: Article

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