Comparison of predicted body fat percentage from anthropometric methods and from impedance in university students

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 827-832

  Arroyo, Marta ^a   Rocandio, Ana M ^a   Ansotegui, Laura ^a   Herrera, Hector ^a   Salces, Itziar ^a   Rebato, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body fat; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 9444242742     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20041273     Document Type: Article

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