Use of fat mass and fat free mass standard deviation scores obtained using simple measurement methods in healthy children and patients: comparison with the reference 4-component model.

BACKGROUND: Clinical application of body composition (BC) measurements for individual children has been limited by lack of appropriate reference data. OBJECTIVES: (1) To compare fat mass (FM) and fat free mass (FFM) standard deviation scores (SDS) generated using new body composition reference data...

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Main Authors: Rachel R Atherton, Jane E Williams, Jonathan C K Wells, Mary S Fewtrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3656861?pdf=render