BMI and an anthropometry-based estimate of fat mass percentage are both valid discriminators of cardiometabolic risk: a comparison with DXA and bioimpedance.

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Published in J Obes on December 24, 2013

Authors

Benno Krachler1, Eszter Völgyi2, Kai Savonen3, Frances A Tylavsky4, Markku Alén5, Sulin Cheng6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. BOX 35 (L), 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland ; Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Haapaniementie 16, 70100 Kuopio, Finland ; Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Umeå University, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden.
2: Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. BOX 35 (L), 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland ; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of TN Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
3: Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Haapaniementie 16, 70100 Kuopio, Finland ; Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.
4: Department of Preventive Medicine, University of TN Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
5: Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Oulu University Hospital and Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, 90029 Oulu, Finland.
6: Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. BOX 35 (L), 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland ; School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.

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