Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 234-244

  Javed, A ^a   Jumean, M ^b   Murad, M H ^a   Okorodudu, D ^c   Kumar, S ^a   Somers, V K ^a   Sochor, O ^a,d   Lopez Jimenez, F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Body mass index; meta analysis; paediatric obesity; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOPUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEB OF SCIENCE; FEMALE; MALE; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84928929466     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.242     Document Type: Article

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