BMI, BMIfat, BAI or BAIFels – Which is the best adiposity index for the detection of excess weight? | Zendy

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BMI, BMIfat, BAI or BAIFels – Which is the best adiposity index for the detection of excess weight?

Author(s) -

Bruna Ramos da Silva,

Mirele Savegnago Mialich,

Daniël J. Hoffman,

Alceu Afonso Jordão

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

nutrición hospitalaria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1699-5198

pISSN - 0212-1611

DOI - 10.20960/nh.366

Subject(s) - body mass index , overweight , medicine , body shape index , anthropometry , body adiposity index , demography , receiver operating characteristic , population , obesity , classification of obesity , fat mass , environmental health , sociology

To compare the diagnostic performance of adiposity indeces body mass index (BMI), body mass index adjusted for fat mass (BMIfat), body adiposity index (BAI) and body adiposity index for the Fels Longitudinal Study sample (BAIFels) and the overweight detection in a sample of the Brazilian population.

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