Correlations between percent body fat measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and anthropometric measurements in Thai persons with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury.
Bhornsuree KuvijitsuwanKorawit FongkaewKanyarat TengpanitchakulJiratchaya DolkittanasophonSupitcha ChunsanitSintip PattanakuharPublished in: Spinal cord (2022)
Better than the other anthropometric measurements, the estimation of %BF based on the 4-site skinfold using the Durnin-Womersley formula is a practical method for evaluating obesity in Thai people with chronic traumatic SCI.
Keyphrases
- dual energy
- spinal cord injury
- computed tomography
- spinal cord
- image quality
- body composition
- neuropathic pain
- metabolic syndrome
- contrast enhanced
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- magnetic resonance imaging
- physical activity
- high fat diet induced
- drug induced
- mass spectrometry
- body mass index
- adipose tissue
- bone mineral density
- preterm birth
- low birth weight