Validation of Anthropometric Indices of Adiposity against Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging – A Study within the German European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Cohorts

BACKGROUND: In epidemiological studies, measures of body fat generally are obtained through anthropometric indices such as the body mass index (BMI), waist (WC), and hip circumferences (HC). Such indices, however, can only provide estimates of a person’s true body fat content, overall or by adipose...

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Main Authors: Neamat-Allah, Jasmine, Wald, Diana, Hüsing, Anika, Teucher, Birgit, Wendt, Andrea, Delorme, Stefan, Dinkel, Julien, Vigl, Matthaeus, Bergmann, Manuela M., Feller, Silke, Hierholzer, Johannes, Boeing, Heiner, Kaaks, Rudolf
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3953447/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24626110
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091586
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