Anthropometric indices significance for body fat assessment in adolescents
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Association of Metabolic Syndrome with Body Fat Percent, Anthropometric Indices in 10 To 18 Year Old Adolescents
BACKGROUND Our aim was to evaluate the association of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components with body fat percentage (BFP) and anthropometric indicesin10 to 18year old adolescents. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study conducted on 134 Tehranian adolescents, aged 10 to 18 years (66 boys and 68 girls) in 2007. The MetS definition proposed by Cook et al. was used. Logistic regression ...
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our aim was to evaluate the association of metabolic syndrome (mets) and its components with body fat percentage (bfp) and anthropometric indicesin10 to 18year old adolescents.this was a cross-sectional study conducted on 134 tehranian adolescents, aged 10 to 18 years (66 boys and 68 girls) in 2007. the mets definition proposed by cook et al. was used. logistic regression was used to determine ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of Siberian Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1819-3684,1682-0363
DOI: 10.20538/1682-0363-2010-5-45-48