Correlations of skin fold thickness and validation of prediction equations using DEXA as the gold standard for estimation of body fat composition in Pakistani children

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Hussain, Zainab ^a   Jafar, Tazeen ^a   Uz Zaman, Maseeh ^a   Parveen, Riffat ^a   Saeed, Farzan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNICITY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH SCHOOL; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURITY; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PREDICTION; SCAPULA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UMBILICUS; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899534679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004194     Document Type: Article

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