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SUBMITTER: Wilkes M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6309265 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wilkes M M Thornton J J Horlick M M Sopher A A Wang J J Widen E M EM Pierson R R Gallagher D D
Pediatric obesity 20180816 1
<h4>Objective</h4>The objective of the study is to examine the validity of body mass index z score (zBMI) as a measure of percent body fat in prepubertal children.<h4>Methods</h4>One hundred eleven multiethnic, healthy, Tanner 1 children aged 6-12 years had fat percent and fat mass measured by the four-compartment method as part of the Paediatric Rosetta Body Composition Cohort. Multiple regression models were developed with fat percent as the dependent variable and zBMI, age, sex and ethnicity ...[more]