"Skinfold Thickness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The measurement of subcutaneous fat located directly beneath the skin by grasping a fold of skin and subcutaneous fat between the thumb and forefinger and pulling it away from the underlying muscle tissue. The thickness of the double layer of skin and subcutaneous tissue is then read with a caliper. The five most frequently measured sites are the upper arm, below the scapula, above the hip bone, the abdomen, and the thigh. Its application is the determination of relative fatness, of changes in physical conditioning programs, and of the percentage of body fat in desirable body weight. (From McArdle, et al., Exercise Physiology, 2d ed, p496-8)
| Descriptor ID |
D012885
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.803 E05.041.124.803 G07.100.100.803
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| Concept/Terms |
Skinfold Thickness- Skinfold Thickness
- Skinfold Thicknesses
- Thickness, Skinfold
- Thicknesses, Skinfold
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Skinfold Thickness" by people in Profiles.
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Even transient rapid infancy weight gain is associated with higher BMI in young adults and earlier menarche. Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Jun; 39(6):939-44.
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Contribution of central and general adiposity to abnormal left ventricular diastolic function in a community sample with a high prevalence of obesity. Am J Cardiol. 2009 Dec 01; 104(11):1527-33.
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Stunting at 2 years in relation to body composition at 9 years in African urban children. Obes Res. 2005 Jan; 13(1):131-6.
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Regression equations to estimate percentage body fat in African prepubertal children aged 9 y. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Jul; 80(1):70-5.
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Association between poor glucose tolerance and rapid post natal weight gain in seven-year-old children. Diabetologia. 1998 Oct; 41(10):1163-7.