Open AccessAssociations between body mass index and body composition measures in a birth cohort
Author(s) -
Teresa A. Marshall,
Alexandra Curtis,
Joseph E. Cavanaugh,
John J. Warren,
Steven M. Levy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1530-0447
pISSN - 0031-3998
DOI - 10.1038/s41390-021-01562-y
Subject(s) - body mass index , body adiposity index , body volume index , composition (language) , medicine , cohort , body shape index , index (typography) , mass index , demography , classification of obesity , fat mass , computer science , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , world wide web
Associations among body composition measures have been limited to cross-sectional analyses of different subjects. We identified cross-sectional relationships between body mass index (BMI) and other body composition measures and predicted body composition measures from BMI throughout childhood and adolescence.