Mid-upper arm circumference in pregnant women and birth weight in newborns as substitute for skinfold thickness: findings from the MAASTHI cohort study, India

• Main Authors: Giridhara R. Babu (Author), Aritra Das (Author), Eunice Lobo (Author), Deepa R (Author), Daisy A. John (Author), Prashanth Thankachan (Author), Sonalini Khetrapal (Author), Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon (Author), GVS Murthy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Estimating total body fat in public hospitals using gold-standard measurements such as air displacement plethysmography (ADP), deuterium oxide dilution, or dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is unaffordable, and it is challenging to use skinfold thickness. We aimed to identif...