Open AccessEthnic Bias in Anthropometric Estimates of DXA Abdominal Fat
Author(s) -
Daniel P. O’Connor,
Molly S. Bray,
Brian K. McFarlin,
Kenneth J. Ellis,
Mary H. Sailors,
Andrew S. Jackson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e318216d90f
Subject(s) - waist , medicine , ethnic group , anthropometry , abdominal obesity , obesity , abdominal fat , demography , body mass index , circumference , mathematics , geometry , sociology , anthropology
The purpose of this study was to examine the race/ethnicity bias of using waist circumference (WC) to estimate abdominal fat.
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