Comparison of direct measures of adiposity with indirect measures for assessing cardiometabolic risk factors in preadolescent girls

Comparison of direct measures of adiposity with indirect measures for assessing cardiometabolic risk factors in preadolescent girls

Background: Childhood overweight and obesity remains high, contributing to cardiometabolic risk factors at younger ages. It is unclear which measures of adiposity serve as the best proxies for identifying children at metabolic risk. This study assessed whether DXA-derived direct measures of adiposit...

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Main Authors: Hetherington-Rauth, Megan, Bea, Jennifer W., Lee, Vinson R., Blew, Robert M., Funk, Janet, Lohman, Timothy G., Going, Scott B.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Dept Nutr Sci
Language:en
Published: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD 2017
Subjects:
Body composition
Cardiovascular disease
Girls
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623119
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/623119

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http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623119
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/623119

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