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Classification of the participants using the age group adjusted body fat percentage recommendations.
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Background: Overweight and obesity are strongly associated with the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). It has been reported that the fat mass rather than the muscle mass determines the health risk. It is uncertain whether the field methods of estimating body fat will give similar values considering the variations in t...
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... (3.0%) of the participants had a normal body mass index, seventeen (17.0%) were overweight and eighty (80.0%) were obese. The percentage body fat scores obtained by the three-field method classified according to the age group adjusted body fat percentage recommendations is shown in [Table 2] [18]. The mean percentage body fat scores obtained for body adiposity index, skinfold thickness and bioelectric impedance analysis are presented in [Table 3]. ...Similar publications
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