How Useful Is Body Mass Index for Comparison of Body Fatness across Age, Sex, and Ethnic Groups?

Gallagher, Dympna; Visser, Marjolein; E. Sepúlveda, Diana; N. Pierson, Richard; B. Harris, T.; B. Heymsfield, Steven

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008733

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How Useful Is Body Mass Index for Comparison of Body Fatness across Age, Sex, and Ethnic Groups?

Published in American Journal of Epidemiology • Feb 1, 1996

Authors:

Dympna Gallagher

Marjolein Visser

Diana E. Sepúlveda

Abstract

This study tested the hypothesis that body mass index (BMI) is representative of body fatness independent of age, sex, and ethnicity. Between 1986 and 1992, the authors studied a total of 202 black and 504 white men and women who resided in or near New York City, were ages 20-94 years, and had BMIs ...

Subject

Body mass index

Demography

Ethnic group

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