Body mass-to-waist ratio strongly correlates with skeletal muscle volume in children

• Megumi Ohta ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Megumi Ohta, Taishi Midorikawa, Hiroaki Kanehisa

  * E-mail: m-ohta@lets.chukyo-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation School of International Liberal Studies, Chukyo University, Toyota, Aichi, Japan

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• Taishi Midorikawa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Megumi Ohta, Taishi Midorikawa, Hiroaki Kanehisa

  Affiliation College of Health and Welfare, J.F. Oberlin University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yuki Hikihara ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Faculty of Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino, Chiba, Japan

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• Shizuo Sakamoto ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

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• Yasuo Kawakami ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

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• Tetsuo Fukunaga ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Hiroaki Kanehisa

  Contributed equally to this work with: Megumi Ohta, Taishi Midorikawa, Hiroaki Kanehisa

  Affiliation National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan

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