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Evaluation of Hip/Height(P) Ratio as an Index for Adiposity and Metabolic Complications in Obese Children: Comparison with Waist-related Indices

Aim: To investigate whether body adiposity index (BAI; hip/height(1.5)–18), pediatric BAI (BAIp; hip/height(0.8)–38), and other hip/height(P) ratios are useful in obese children. Method: Ninety obese Japanese children, 55 boys and 35 girls, who visited our University Clinic, were enrolled. The age w...

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Autores principales: Dobashi, Kazushige, Takahashi, Kenichiro, Nagahara, Keiko, Tanaka, Daisuke, Itabashi, Kazuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Atherosclerosis Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27298049
http://dx.doi.org/10.5551/jat.35311