Ultrasonography is not more reliable than anthropometry for assessing visceral fat in obese children

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 443-447

  Koot, B G P ^a   Westerhout, R ^a   Bohte, A E ^b   Vinke, S ^a   Pels Rijcken, T H ^c   Nederveen, A J ^b   Caan, M W A ^b   Van Der Baan Slootweg, O H ^d   Merkus, M P ^b   Stoker, J ^b   Benninga, M A ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Ter Gooi Hospital   (Netherlands)

^d Childhood Obesity Centre Heideheuvel   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; ultrasonography; visceral fat; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84939456451     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2013.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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