Evaluation of the accuracy of anthropometric clinical indicators of visceral fat in adults and elderly

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Roriz, Anna Karla Carneiro ^a   Passos, Luiz Carlos Santana ^a   De Oliveira, Carolina Cunha ^a,b   Eickemberg, Michaela ^a,c   Moreira, Pricilla De Almeida ^a   Sampaio, Lílian Ramos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^c ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID ACCUMULATION PRODUCT INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84905281582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103499     Document Type: Article

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