Open AccessRelationship between body mass index and percentage of body fat, estimated by bio-electrical impedance among adult females in a rural community of North India: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Puneet Misra,
Archna Singh,
Archana Shrivastava,
Ayush Lohiya,
Shashi Kant
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_218_18
Subject(s) - bioelectrical impedance analysis , medicine , body mass index , underweight , linear regression , demography , cross sectional study , population , anthropometry , obesity , body fat percentage , overweight , statistics , mathematics , pathology , environmental health , sociology
Body adiposity measured by percentage of body fat (BF%) is found to be better predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than body mass index (BMI). Limited information exists showing relationship between BMI and BF% in North Indian population.