The current version of the visceral adiposity index is not suitable for application in pediatric populations: comments on the article by Al-Daghri et al

Pediatr Res. 2014 Oct;76(4):415. doi: 10.1038/pr.2014.98. Epub 2014 Jul 3.

Authors

Marco C Amato¹, Carla Giordano¹

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica (Dibimis), Section of Cardio-Respiratory and Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

PMID: 24992309
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2014.98

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Adiposity / physiology*
Anthropometry / methods*
Female
Humans
Intra-Abdominal Fat / physiology*
Male