Comparison of direct measures of adiposity with indirect measures for assessing cardiometabolic risk factors in preadolescent girls

BACKGROUND: Childhood overweight and obesity remains high, contributing to cardiometabolic risk factors at younger ages. It is unclear which measures of adiposity serve as the best proxies for identifying children at metabolic risk. This study assessed whether DXA-derived direct measures of adiposit...

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Autores principales: Hetherington-Rauth, Megan, Bea, Jennifer W., Lee, Vinson R., Blew, Robert M., Funk, Janet, Lohman, Timothy G., Going, Scott B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28231807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-017-0236-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28231807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-017-0236-7

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