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Sex-specific lean body mass predictive equations are accurate in the obese paediatric population

BACKGROUND: The clinical assessment of lean body mass (LBM) is challenging in obese children. A sex-specific predictive equation for LBM derived from anthropometric data was recently validated in children. AIM: The purpose of this study was to independently validate these predictive equations in the...

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Published in:Ann Hum Biol
Main Authors: Jackson, Lanier B., Henshaw, Melissa H., Carter, Janet, Chowdhury, Shahryar M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4760913/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26287383
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03014460.2015.1069893
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