Body fat variation by anthropometry and bioimpedance in jujenean school children
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https://doi.org/10.17139/raab.2018.0020.01.05Abstract
The objective of the present study is to compare different methods of calculating body fat percentage (BF%) by anthropometry and bioimpedance (BIA) in a juvenile population and to analyze the variation of fat mass (FM), fat free mass (FFM) and FMI and FFMI index. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 232 schoolchildren aged 12-17 years in the San Salvador de Jujuy city. Height, weight, bicipital and tricipital skinfolds were measured. Body Mass Index (BMI) and BF% by BIA (Maltron BF-900) and anthropometry (Deurenberg and Slaugther equations) were determined. Mean and standard deviation were calculated and the differences by sex and age were established by analysis of variance. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated among the different methods used to estimate BF%. The concordance between methods was analyzed with Bland-Altman. The women presented higher values of BMI, bicipital and tricipital skifolds and higher percentages of overweight and obesity. The highest BF% were obtained with BIA in women and with Slaugther in men. Women had significantly higher mean values of FMI than men with all 3 methods. The highest BF% correlation was observed between BIA and Deurenberg, followed by Slaugther and Deurenberg. There was no concordance between the 3 methods. Given the accessibility of the BF% estimation with the Deurenberg equation it is proposed the application of this methodology in epidemiological studies of obesity.
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