"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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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Skinfold Thickness" by people in Profiles.
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Associations of maternal diet with infant adiposity at birth, 6 months and 12 months. BMJ Open. 2019 09 06; 9(9):e030186.
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Longitudinal changes in maternal anthropometry in relation to neonatal anthropometry. Public Health Nutr. 2019 04; 22(5):797-804.
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Influence of common variants in FTO and near INSIG2 and MC4R on growth curves for adiposity in African- and European-American youth. Eur J Epidemiol. 2011 Jun; 26(6):463-73.
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Candidate genes and growth curves for adiposity in African- and European-American youth. Int J Obes (Lond). 2007 Oct; 31(10):1491-9.
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Single frequency bioelectrical impedance is a poor method for determining fat mass in moderately obese women. Obes Surg. 2007 Feb; 17(2):211-21.
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Development of general and central obesity from childhood into early adulthood in African American and European American males and females with a family history of cardiovascular disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Apr; 79(4):661-8.
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Growth of left ventricular mass in African American and European American youth. Hypertension. 2002 May; 39(5):943-51.
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Patterns of body fat deposition in youth and their relation to left ventricular markers of adverse cardiovascular prognosis. Am J Cardiol. 1999 Sep 01; 84(5):583-8.
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Central adiposity and hemodynamic functioning at rest and during stress in adolescents. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1998 Nov; 22(11):1079-83.
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Body-composition measurement in 9-11-y-old children by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, skinfold-thickness measurements, and bioimpedance analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 1996 Mar; 63(3):287-92.