Evaluation of DXA against the four-component model of body composition in obese children and adolescents aged 5 to 21 years

BACKGROUND: Body composition is increasingly measured in pediatric obese patients. Although dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is widely available, and is precise, its accuracy for body composition assessment in obese children remains untested. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to evaluate DXA against the fou...

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Autores principales: Wells, Jonathan CK, Haroun, Dalia, Williams, Jane E, Wilson, Catherine, Darch, Tegan, Viner, Russell M., Eaton, Simon, Fewtrell, Mary S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2875101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20065958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2009.249

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2875101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20065958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2009.249

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