Techniques for the measurement of visceral fat: a practical guide

K Van der Kooy, JC Seidell - International journal of obesity, 1993 - search.proquest.com
fat patterning by comparing skinfold thicknesses of different … to types of fat distribution,
anthropometric measurements may … precise and widely applicable regression equations can be …

Adiposity, the metabolic syndrome, and breast cancer in African-American and white American women

DP Rose, SM Haffner, J Baillargeon - Endocrine reviews, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… regardless of the degree of general adiposity as reflected in … AA women is lost when the
anthropometric marker used is the WHR does … the known racial difference in body fat distribution. …

Body composition of Cameroonian lactating women determined by anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance, and deuterium dilution

GN Medoua, ES Nana, VJ Essa'a, PM Ntsama… - Nutrition, 2011 - Elsevier
… , anthropometry, in particular the measurement of skinfold … The aim of the present study
was to compare the results of … are not applicable for use in Cameroonian lactating women. …

Validity of predictive equations developed to estimate body fat from anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis in 8–10 year-old children

L Nasreddine, F Naja, AP Hills, SK Youssef, J Chahine… - Clinical Nutrition, 2012 - Elsevier
… the applicability and validity of existing SF-based equations … In this study, five child-specific
skinfold-based equations were … that fat patterning in Lebanese children may differ from that …

Body composition and physical performance: Applications for the military services

J Grumstrup-Scott, BM Marriott - 1992 - books.google.com
Anthropometry in blacks: applicability of generalized skinfold equations and differences
in fat patterning between blacks and whites. Am. J. …

[HTML][HTML] DXA estimates of fat in abdominal, trunk and hip regions varies by ethnicity in men

MA Stults-Kolehmainen, PR Stanforth… - Nutrition & …, 2013 - nature.com
… –suprailiac skinfold ratio than NHW men, indicating greater upper body … of differences
in fat distribution among ethnicities may be explained by a variety of different anthropometric, …

[PDF][PDF] Race effects in the genetics of adolescents' body mass index

DB Allison, S Heshka, MC Neale… - International journal of …, 1994 - researchgate.net
… the heritability of triceps skinfold to be approximately --4. The … notypic differences in adiposity
between blacks and whites" … ability, detailed anthropometric measurements, including …

[HTML][HTML] Disparities in the consequences of sarcopenia: implications for African American Veterans

MO Harris-Love, B Adams, HJ Hernandez… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
… In addition, the distribution of body fat differs between these groups as … Skin fold measurements
have limitations similar to the aforementioned anthropometric methods, and have also …

[HTML][HTML] Body composition of Indonesian adults assessed by skinfold thickness and bioelectrical impedance measurements and by a body mass index equation

J Dierkes, JW Schultink, R Gross… - Asia Pacific J. Clin …, 1993 - apjcn.nhri.org.tw
… This finding, however, cannot be expected in general as indicated by a study in black
Fat patterning was reported to be different between white and black adults 7,8,23 . A simple …

Validity of conventional anthropometric techniques for predicting body composition in healthy Chinese adults.

RG Eston, F Fu, L Fung - British Journal of Sports Medicine, 1995 - bjsm.bmj.com
… the 'generalized' skinfold equations of Durnin and … were differences in the size of correlations
between skinfolds. In … Although the general application of this study may be limited due to …