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A new anthropometric index for body fat estimation in patients with severe obesity
BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) has been used to assess body adiposity, but it cannot adequately reflect body fat (BF) amount. The body adiposity index (BAI) has been shown a better performance than BMI for this purpose, but it can be inaccurate to estimate BF under extreme amounts of fat. Here, w...
Autores principales: | Belarmino, Giliane, Torrinhas, Raquel S., Sala, Priscila, Horie, Lilian M., Damiani, Lucas, Lopes, Natalia C., Heymsfield, Steven B., Waitzberg, Dan L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6166270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30288293 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-018-0202-8 |
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