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Body Fat and Body-Mass Index among a Multiethnic Sample of College-Age Men and Women
Joint Authors
Yan, Eric
Hong, Kurt
Arechiga, Adam
Deng, Max
Heber, David
Chen, Steve
Kim, Woo S.
Li, Zhaoping
Carpenter, Catherine L.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-04-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Obesity prevalence and average body composition vary by US race and gender.
Asian Americans have the lowest prevalence of obesity.
Relying on body-mass index (BMI) to estimate obesity prevalence may misclassify subgroups that appear normally weighted but have excess body fat.
We evaluated percentage body fat (PBF) and BMI to determine whether BMI reflects PBF consistently across different races.
940 college students were recruited from a local public university over four consecutive years.
We measured PBF by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), weight by physicians’ scales, and height with stadiometers.
Our sample comprised Asians (49%), Caucasians (23%), Hispanics (7%), and Other (21%).
Participants averaged 21.4 years old; BMI was 22.9 kg/m2; PBF was 24.8%.
BMI and PBF varied significantly by race and gender (P value = 0.002 and 0.005 for men; 0.0009 and 0.0008 for women).
Asian-American women had the lowest BMI (21.5 kg/m2) but the second highest PBF (27.8%).
Linear association between BMI and PBF was the weakest (r2=0.09) among Asian-American women and BMI had the poorest sensitivity (37%) to detect PBF.
The high PBF with low BMI pattern exhibited by Asian-American women suggests that they could escape detection for obesity-related disease if BMI is the sole measure that estimates body composition.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Carpenter, Catherine L.& Yan, Eric& Chen, Steve& Hong, Kurt& Arechiga, Adam& Kim, Woo S.…[et al.]. 2013. Body Fat and Body-Mass Index among a Multiethnic Sample of College-Age Men and Women. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-498320
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Carpenter, Catherine L.…[et al.]. Body Fat and Body-Mass Index among a Multiethnic Sample of College-Age Men and Women. Journal of Obesity No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-498320
American Medical Association (AMA)
Carpenter, Catherine L.& Yan, Eric& Chen, Steve& Hong, Kurt& Arechiga, Adam& Kim, Woo S.…[et al.]. Body Fat and Body-Mass Index among a Multiethnic Sample of College-Age Men and Women. Journal of Obesity. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-498320
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-498320