BMI or BIA: Is Body Mass Index or Body Fat Mass a Better Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk in Overweight or Obese Children and Adolescents?

BACKGROUND: Body fat (BF) percentiles for German children and adolescents have recently been published. This study aims to evaluate the association between bioelectrical impedance analysis(BIA)-derived BF and cardiovascular risk factors and to investigate whether BF is better suited than BMI in chil...

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Autores principales: Bohn, Barbara, Müller, Manfred James, Simic-Schleicher, Gunter, Kiess, Wieland, Siegfried, Wolfgang, Oelert, Monika, Tuschy, Sabine, Berghem, Stefan, Holl, Reinhard W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger GmbH 2015
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26087841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000381227

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26087841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000381227

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