Measurement of waist circumference for retrospective studies - Prospective validation of use of CT images to assess abdominal circumference

Endocrinologia y Nutricion

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 147-152

  Ciudin, Alexandru ^a,b   Salvador, Rafael ^a   Budoy, Alex ^a   Ciudin, Andreea ^c   Spinu, Cristina ^d   Diaconu, Mihai Gabriel ^a   Constantin, Vlad ^e   Sánchez, Javier ^a,b   Nicolau, Carlos ^a   Alcaraz, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d Hospital Parc Tauli Sabadell   (Spain)

^e Department of Surgery and Urology   (Romania)

Author keywords

Abdominal circumference; Abdominal CT; Ellipse perimeter; Supine position

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; ILIAC CREST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; VALIDATION STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; MORPHOMETRICS; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84896725071     PISSN: 15750922     EISSN: 15792021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.endonu.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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