Body mass-to-waist ratio strongly correlates with skeletal muscle volume in children.
We hypothesized that body mass-to-waist ratio is strongly associated with the total-body skeletal muscle volume (SMV) in children. The purpose of the present study was to examine this hypothesis.By using magnetic resonance imaging, total-body SMV (SMVMRI) was determined in 70 boys and 53 girls aged...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5419607?pdf=render |