Differences in the relationship of weight to height, and thus the meaning of BMI, according to age, sex, and birth year cohort

• Autores principales: William Johnson (Autor), Tom Norris (Autor), David Bann (Autor), Noël Cameron (Autor), Jonathan K. Wells (Autor), Tim J. Cole (Autor), Rebecca Hardy (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Background: Weight can be adjusted for height using the Benn parameter (kg/mB), where B is the power that minimises the correlation with height. Aim: To investigate how the Benn parameter changes across age (10-65 years) and time (1956-2015) and differs between sexes. Subjects and methods: The sampl...