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A new anthropometric index for body fat estimation in patients with severe obesity

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40608-018-0202-8

Published Online: 2018-10-01

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Belarmino, Giliane

Torrinhas, Raquel S.

Sala, Priscila

Horie, Lilian M.

Damiani, Lucas

Lopes, Natalia C.

Heymsfield, Steven B.

Waitzberg, Dan L.
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Article History

Received: 14 May 2017

Accepted: 7 June 2018

First Online: 1 October 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: All study procedures were performed according to the ethical standards of the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki. These and both datasets (building and validation) were approved by the institutional ethics review board – CAPPesq (1069/05 and 1011/09). Written informed consent was obtained from each patient prior to trial participation.

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