Bioelectrical impedance analysis versus quantitative computer tomography and anthropometry for the assessment of body composition parameters in China

Abstract Obesity, especially abdominal obesity, is correlated to increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is urgent to search a simply method to predict visceral fat area (VFA). Herein, we evaluated the correlation of waist circumference (WC) measured by anthropometry and bioelec...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qian Qin, Yang Yang, Jingfeng Chen, Yaojun Jiang, Ang Li, Meng Huang, Yihan Dong, Shoujun Wang, Suying Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90641-5