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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 47, 929-931, Copyright © 1988 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Arm muscle plus bone area: anthropometry and CAT scan compared

GB Forbes, MR Brown and HJ Griffiths
Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY 14642.

Arm muscle plus bone (M + B) cross-sectional area of the arm estimated from area circumference and skinfold thickness was compared with that estimated from CAT scans. The anthropometric technique overestimated M + B area, and the degree of overestimation varied directly with arm adiposity.




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