Accuracy of Body Mass Index to Diagnose Obesity In the US Adult Population

BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) is the most widely used measure to diagnose obesity. However, the diagnostic accuracy of BMI to detect excess in body adiposity is largely unknown. METHODS: A cross-sectional design of 13,601 subjects (age 20–79.9 years; 48% men) from the Third National Health and N...

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Main Authors: Romero-Corral, Abel, Somers, Virend K., Sierra-Johnson, Justo, Thomas, Randal J., Bailey, Kent R., Collazo-Clavell, Maria L, Allison, Thomas G., Korinek, Josef, Batsis, John A., Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: 2008
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877506/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18283284
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2008.11
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