A new predictive equation for evaluating women body fat percentage and obesity-related cardiovascular disease risk

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 511-524

  De Lorenzo, A ^a,b   Nardi, A ^a   Iacopino, L ^a   Domino, E ^a   Murdolo, G ^c   Gavrila, C ^a   Minella, D ^a   Scapagnini, G ^d   Di Renzo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b INDiM   (Italy)

^c Assisi Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body Adiposity Index (BAI); Body composition; Body Mass Index (BMI); Caucasian Italian population; Dual X ray absorptiometry (DXA); Percentage body fat (PBF); Predictive equation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; OBESITY; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADULT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 84903761700     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40618-013-0048-3     Document Type: Article

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