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The body composition phenotype of Irish adults aged 18-81 years.
Irish journal of medical science - 1 May 2016
Toomey C, Leahy S, McCreesh K, Coote S, Jakeman P
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BACKGROUND: Regional distribution of adiposity and lean tissue mass are predictors of health risk that cannot be defined by body mass index but can be attained by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Age and sex-related adult ranges of whole-body and regional adiposity and lean tissue are not available for Irish men and women. AIMS: The aim of this study was to construct a DXA-based body composition profile of...
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