Concordance of BAI and BMI with DXA in the Newfoundland Population

• Published in: Obesity
• Main Authors: Sun, Guang, Cahill, Farrell, Gulliver, Wayne, Yi, Yanqing, Xie, Yagang, Bridger, Tracey, Pace, David, Zhang, Hongwei
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Bray; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20009; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Foby.20009; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/oby.20009

Abstract Background: Body adiposity index (BAI), indirect method proposed to predict adiposity, was developed using Mexican Americans and very little data are available regarding its validation in Caucasian populations to date. Objective: The study objectives were to validate the BAI with dual‐energ...