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Triceps skin fold thickness (observable entity)

Known as: TRSKNF, Triceps Skinfold Thickness, tricep skinfold thickness 
A measurement of the thickness of a pinch of skin on the triceps.
National Institutes of Health

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1953-2018
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CDISC SDTM Vital Sign Terminology by CodeCDISC SDTM Vital Sign Terminology by NameClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologySkin fold thickness:Length:Point in time:Triceps:Quantitative

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1954-2018
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Triceps skin fold thickness (observable entity)
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology
CDISC SDTM Vital Sign Terminology by Code
CDISC SDTM Vital Sign Terminology by Name
Skin fold thickness:Length:Point in time:Triceps:Quantitative

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
The relation of childhood BMI to adult adiposity: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
OBJECTIVE Although many studies have found that childhood levels of body mass index (BMI; kg/m(2)) are associated with adult… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Inflammation, malnutrition, and cardiac disease as predictors of mortality in hemodialysis patients.
Various studies suggest a strong association between nutrition and clinical outcome in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Several… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Bedside methods versus dual energy X-ray absorptiometry for body composition measurement in COPD.
The measurement of body composition is of value in the nutritional assessment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary… (More)
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
Intake of micronutrient-rich foods in rural Indian mothers is associated with the size of their babies at birth: Pune Maternal Nutrition Study.
One third of the Indian babies are of low birth weight (<2.5 kg), and this is attributed to maternal undernutrition. We therefore… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Nutrition and survival in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Although the effect of malnutrition on survival has been demonstrated by a number of studies, it is not clear whether… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The paradox of low body mass index and high body fat percentage among Chinese, Malays and Indians in Singapore
OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship between body fat percentage and body mass index (BMI) in three different ethnic groups in… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Reducing children's television viewing to prevent obesity: a randomized controlled trial.
CONTEXT Some observational studies have found an association between television viewing and child and adolescent adiposity… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Cross-calibration of body-composition techniques against dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in young children.
Using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as a standard method for determining body composition in children, we evaluated the… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Effect of malnutrition after acute stroke on clinical outcome.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Malnutrition has received little attention in acute stroke, although it represents a risk of decreased… (More)
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Anthropometric measurement of muscle mass: revised equations for calculating bone-free arm muscle area.
Arm muscle area (AMA, cm2) is currently calculated from triceps skinfold thickness (TSF, cm), and midarm circumference (MAC, cm… (More)
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