Determining the Accuracy of Body Mass Index: Body Composition Using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)

Background: Body Mass Index (BMI) is commonly used to determine overweightness and obesity in epidemiological studies regardless of the sex and age of the subjects. Golden Standards were presented by the World Health Organization to estimate obesity by measuring body fat percentiles. The primary purpose of this study was to estimate the accuracy of the BMI by Cut-points of gold standard. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional and...