Anthropometric measurements

HA Hamid Arazi
PB Parvin Babaei
MM Makan Moghimi
AA Abbas Asadi
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Height was measured using a wall mounted stadiometer to the nearest 0.5 cm (Seca 222, Terre Haute, IN). Weight was measured using a digital scale to the nearest 0.1 kg (Tanita, BC-418MA, Tokyo, Japan). Percent body fat was assessed using skinfolds with Lafayette caliper (Skin Fold Caliper, Model 01127 INDIANA), following a previously described [21]. A 3-site (chest, abdominal, and thigh) skinfold equation was used to obtain percent body fat using Jackson and Pollock equation [22].

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