Influence of body fatness in childhood on fatness in adult life.
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Comparison of skinfold thicknesses measured in childhood and again 15 years later in 318 male and 303 female subjects disclosed only a moderate relation between the two measurements. Where adult fatness could be predicted from combinations of skinfold thicknesses in childhood the accuracy in 95% of cases lay at the mean between +/- 8% and +/- 18% according to age and sex.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 1 6157 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979