OBJECTIVE: To assess the predictive value of central obesity for risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in a long-term follow-up, measured by skinfold thickness in comparison to general measures of ...

Introduction For an assessment to have value, it must measure the parameter of interest and be reliable enough to detect small differences. To minimise TEM differences between repeat skinfold measures ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Body density has been determined by means of underwater weighing, and skinfold thicknesses have been measured at 9 sites on a main group of 55 ...

Changes in maternal weight, triceps and subscapular skinfold thicknesses during two consecutive pregnancy (n = 125) and lactation (n = 225) periods are described for a sample of rural Taiwanese women ...