A field tool for prediction of body fat in Sri Lankan women: skinfold thickness equation

BACKGROUND: Valid skinfold thickness (SFT) equations for the prediction of body fat are currently unavailable for South Asian women and would be a potentially robust field tool. Our aim was to assess the validity of existing SFT equations against deuterium ((2)H(2)O) dilution and, if invalid, to dev...

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Autores principales: Waidyatilaka, Indu, de Silva, Angela, de Lanerolle-Dias, Maduka, Atukorala, Sunethra, Lanerolle, Pulani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5045665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27716440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41043-016-0069-6

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