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A simple equation to estimate body fat percentage in children with overweightness or obesity: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) provides separate measurements of fat mass, fat-free mass and bone mass, and is a quick, accurate, and safe technique, yet one that is not readily available in routine clinical practice. Consequently, we aimed to develop statistical formulas to pred...

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Autores principales: Cortés-Castell, Ernesto, Juste, Mercedes, Palazón-Bru, Antonio, Monge, Laura, Sánchez-Ferrer, Francisco, Rizo-Baeza, María Mercedes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462041
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3238