BMI or BIA: Is body mass index or body fat mass a better predictor of cardiovascular risk in overweight or obese children and adolescents?

Obesity Facts

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-165

  Bohn, Barbara ^a   Müller, Manfred James ^b   Simic Schleicher, Gunter ^c   Kiess, Wieland ^d   Siegfried, Wolfgang ^e   Oelert, Monika ^f   Tuschy, Sabine ^g   Berghem, Stefan ^h   Holl, Reinhard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Hess Children Hospital Bremen   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e Obesity Center Insula   (Germany)

^f Catholic Children's Hospital Wilhelmstift   (Germany)

^g SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^h Rehabilitation Clinic 'Klaus Störtebeker' for Children and Adolescents   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body fat; Body mass index; Cardiovascular risk; Children; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; EUROPE; IMPEDANCE; LIVER; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84928136428     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381227     Document Type: Article

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