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Skinfold Thickness

Known as: Skinfold Thicknesses, Thickness, Skinfold, Thicknesses, Skinfold 
The measurement of subcutaneous fat located directly beneath the skin by grasping a fold of skin and subcutaneous fat between the thumb and… 
National Institutes of Health

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Adipose tissueBody FatBody mass index procedureObesity

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Estimation of truncal adiposity using waist circumference or the sum of trunk skinfolds: a pilot study for insulin resistance screening in hirsute patients with or without polycystic ovary syndrome.
Review
2005
Review
2005
Is central obesity associated with cirrhosis-related death or hospitalization? A population-based, cohort study.
Review
1998
Review
1998
Assessment of body composition in infants and children.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Determinants of dietary intake in a sample of white and Mexican-American children.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Respiratory and skeletal muscle function in steroid-dependent bronchial asthma.
Respiratory and skeletal (deltoid) muscle strength were evaluated in 34 oral steroid-dependent asthmatics by use of maximal… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
The Diabetes Alert study: growth, fatness, and fat patterning, adolescence through adulthood in Mexican Americans.
Diabetes Alert is a multidisciplinary genetic and epidemiological study of Type II (non insulin-dependent) diabetes in Texas… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
Comparisons of fatness in premenarcheal and postmenarcheal girls of the same age.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Mother-child interaction patterns and the degree of fatness in children
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Cardiovascular disease risk factor variables in children at two successive years--the Bogalusa heart study.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Body composition changes in children receiving human growth hormone.
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