Body mass index classification misses subjects with increased cardiometabolic risk factors related to elevated adiposity

Context: Body mass index (BMI) is widely used as a measure of overweight and obesity, but underestimates the prevalence of both conditions, defined as an excess of body fat. Objective: We assessed the degree of misclassification on the diagnosis of obesity using BMI as compared with direct body fat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International Journal of Obesity Jg. 36; H. 2; S. 286 - 294
Hauptverfasser:	Gómez-Ambrosi, J, Silva, C, Galofré, J C, Escalada, J, Santos, S, Millán, D, Vila, N, Ibañez, P, Gil, M J, Valentí, V, Rotellar, F, Ramírez, B, Salvador, J, Frühbeck, G
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.02.2012 Nature Publishing Group
Schlagworte:	Adipose Tissue Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Biomarkers - blood Blood Body composition Body fat Body mass Body Mass Index C-Reactive Protein - metabolism Cardiorespiratory Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular Diseases - blood Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology Classification Cross-Sectional Studies Decision Making Diagnosis Endocrinology Epidemiology Evaluation Female Females Gender Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Health risks Humans Insulin Internal Medicine Lipids Male Measurement Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Men Metabolic Diseases Metabolism Middle Aged Morbidity Mortality Obesity Obesity - classification Obesity - diagnosis Obesity - epidemiology original-article Overweight Physiological aspects Plethysmography - methods Prevalence Proteins Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Sensitivity Spain - epidemiology Task forces Weight control White people Women Womens health Young Adult Spain diagnosis adiposity fat mass BMI Human Obesity Adipose tissue Nutrition Nutrition disorder Cardiovascular disease Metabolic diseases Fat mass Body mass index Adiposity Classification Cardiovascular risk Diagnosis Nutritional status
ISSN:	0307-0565, 1476-5497, 1476-5497
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
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