A Comparison of Fat and Lean Body Mass Index to BMI for the Identification of Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents | Zendy

David R. Weber | Zendy; Mary B. Leonard | Zendy; Justine Shults | Zendy; Babette S. Zemel | Zendy

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A Comparison of Fat and Lean Body Mass Index to BMI for the Identification of Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

Author(s) -

David R. Weber,

Mary B. Leonard,

Justine Shults,

Babette S. Zemel

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2014-1684

Subject(s) - percentile , body mass index , medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , confidence interval , odds ratio , obesity , metabolic syndrome , lean body mass , receiver operating characteristic , body volume index , area under the curve , demography , classification of obesity , odds , population , endocrinology , fat mass , statistics , environmental health , mathematics , logistic regression , body weight , sociology

The use of body mass index (BMI) to assess risk for cardiometabolic disease in the pediatric population may be limited by a failure to differentiate between fat and lean body mass.

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