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- Title
Measurement of percentage of body fat in 411 children and adolescents: a comparison of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry with a four-compartment model.
- Authors
Sopher, Aviva B; Thornton, John C; Wang, Jack; Pierson, Richard N, Jr; Heymsfield, Steven B; Horlick, Mary
- Abstract
Pediatricians are encountering body composition information more frequently, with percentage of body fat (%BF) measurement receiving particular attention as a result of the obesity epidemic. One confounding issue is that different methods may yield different %BF results in the same person. The objective of this study was to compare dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) with the criterion 4-compartment model (4-CM) for measurement of %BF in a large pediatric cohort and to assist pediatricians in appropriate interpretation of body composition information by recognizing differences between techniques.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2004, Vol 113, Issue 5, p1285
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.113.5.1285