Kakinami, L;
Henderson, M;
Chiolero, A;
Cole, TJ;
Paradis, G;
(2014)
Identifying the best body mass index metric to assess adiposity change in children.
Arch Dis Child
10.1136/archdischild-2013-305163.
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Abstract
Although dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is the preferred method to estimate adiposity, body mass index (BMI) is often used as a proxy. However, the ability of BMI to measure adiposity change among youth is poorly evidenced. This study explored which metrics of BMI change have the highest correlations with different metrics of DEXA change.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Identifying the best body mass index metric to assess adiposity change in children. |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305163 |
| Publisher version: | http:dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-305163 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1431231 |
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