US pediatric population-level associations of DXA-measured percentage of body fat with four BMI metrics with cutoffs

OBJECTIVE: Four body mass index (BMI) metrics—BMI, BMI z-score, BMI percentile, and BMI%—are commonly used as proxy measures for children's adiposity. We sought to determine a BMI metric that is most strongly associated with measured percentage of body fat (%BF) in the US pediatric population s...

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Autores principales: Heo, Moonseong, Wylie-Rosett, Judith, Pietrobelli, Angelo, Kabat, Geoffrey C., Rohan, Thomas E., Faith, Myles S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23887060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2013.134

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23887060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2013.134

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