dc.creator | Hoffman, Daniel J. | |
dc.creator | Toro-Ramos, Tatiana | |
dc.creator | Sawaya, Ana Lydia | |
dc.creator | Roberts, Susan B. | |
dc.creator | Rondo, Patricia Helen de Carvalho | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-05T15:11:07Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-04T16:18:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-05T15:11:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-07-04T16:18:21Z | |
dc.date.created | 2013-11-05T15:11:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier | ANNALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, LONDON, v. 39, n. 2, supl. 1, Part 1, pp. 156-160, MAR, 2012 | |
dc.identifier | 0301-4460 | |
dc.identifier | http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/41605 | |
dc.identifier | 10.3109/03014460.2012.660989 | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03014460.2012.660989 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1634139 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The double burden of obesity and underweight is increasing in developing countries and simple methods for the assessment of fat mass in children are needed. Aim: To develop and validate a new anthropometric predication equation for assessment of fat mass in children. Subjects and methods: Body composition was assessed in 145 children aged 9.8 +/- 1.3 (SD) years from Sao Paulo, Brazil using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and skinfold measurements. The study sample was divided into development and validation sub-sets to develop a new prediction equation for FM (PE). Results: Using multiple linear regression analyses, the best equation for predicting FM (R-2 - 0.77) included body weight, triceps skinfold, height, gender and age as independent variables. When cross-validated, the new PE was valid in this sample (R-2 = 0.80), while previously published equations were not. Conclusion: The PE was more valid for Brazilian children that existing equations, but further studies are needed to assess the validity of this PE in other populations. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | INFORMA HEALTHCARE | |
dc.publisher | LONDON | |
dc.relation | ANNALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY | |
dc.rights | Copyright INFORMA HEALTHCARE | |
dc.rights | restrictedAccess | |
dc.subject | ANTHROPOMETRY | |
dc.subject | BODY COMPOSITION | |
dc.subject | SKINFOLDS | |
dc.subject | STUNTING | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | |
dc.title | Estimating total body fat using a skinfold prediction equation in Brazilian children | |
dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |