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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Main Authors: Megumi Ohta, Taishi Midorikawa, Yuki Hikihara, Shizuo Sakamoto, Yasuo Kawakami, Tetsuo Fukunaga, Hiroaki Kanehisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5419607?pdf=render

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