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 ...

Skinfold measures were performed in 39 women at 30.8 (mean) and 37.7 weeks gestation. Fat mass (kg) and sum of three skinfolds were calculated. Increases in maternal fat mass in late gestation were ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Measurements of Biceps, Triceps, Subscapular and Suprailiac skinfolds have been made on 863 subjects of both sexes aged to 70 years. Each ...

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 Total body fat was measured by means of densitometry (hydrostatic weighing with simultaneous measurements of the air in the lungs and ...