Mid-upper arm circumference in pregnant women and birth weight in newborns as substitute for skinfold thickness: findings from the MAASTHI cohort study, India

BACKGROUND: Estimating total body fat in public hospitals using gold-standard measurements such as air displacement plethysmography (ADP), deuterium oxide dilution, or dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is unaffordable, and it is challenging to use skinfold thickness. We aimed to identify the ap...

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Autores principales: Babu, Giridhara R., Das, Aritra, Lobo, Eunice, R, Deepa, John, Daisy A., Thankachan, Prashanth, Khetrapal, Sonalini, Benjamin-Neelon, Sara E., Murthy, GVS
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8258932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34229644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03915-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8258932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34229644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03915-1

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