What is it about?
The body adiposity index (BAI) has been recently proposed as an alternative index to body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) to evaluate adiposity. This study showed thati BAI associated with cardiovascular risk in adolescents.
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Why is it important?
BAI can be used to estimate cardiovascular risk in school-age children.
Perspectives
BAI is more related to body fat than BMI and should be considered as an alternative to evaluate the cardiovascular risk in pediatric populations.
Paulo Farinatti
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
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This page is a summary of: Relationships between emerging cardiovascular risk factors, z-BMI, waist circumference and body adiposity index (BAI) on adolescents, Clinical Endocrinology, March 2013, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12195.
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