Sensitivity and specificity of body mass index in determining obesity in children

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to determine sensitivity and specificity of body mass index (BMI) based on Center for Disease Control 2000 (CDC) percentiles compared to fat mass index (FMI) as an indicator of being really obese in children. Obesity was compared based on these two indexes am...

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Autores principales: Samadi, Mehnoosh, Sadrzade-Yeganeh, Haleh, Azadbakht, Leila, Jafarian, Kourosh, Rahimi, Abbas, Sotoudeh, Gity
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24516482

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24516482

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