Development and validation of an equation to estimate body fat in elderly women

• Main Authors: Vinicius de Oliveira Damasceno (Author), Tercio Araújo do Rego Barros (Author), Willemax dos Santos Gomes (Author), Jhonnatan Vasconcelos Pereira Santos (Author), Daniela Karina da Silva Ferreira (Author), Eduardo Zapaterra Campos (Author), André dos Santos Costa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose of this present study was to develop and validate a prediction equation for body composition assessment using anthropometric measures of elderly women. This is cross-sectional correlational study with 243 older women ± 64.5 years old and body mass index (BMI) ± 28.70 kg/m². For the devel...