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  • Relationship between anthropometric and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry measures to assess total and regional adiposity in Malaysian adolescents

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    Foo, Leng Huat
    Teo, Pey Sze
    Abdullah, Nurul Fadhilah
    Aziz, Mohd Ezane
    Hills, Andrew
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    Hills, Andrew
    Year published
    2013
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    The main objective of this paper was to determine the utility of various anthropometric measures to assess total and regional body fatness using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as the criterion in 454 adolescent boys and girls aged 12-19 years. Multivariable regression analyses of gender-specific and gender-combined models were used to determine anthropometric measures on DXA-derived body fatness models, after adjusting for known confounding biological factors. Partial correlation analyses, after adjusting for age, pubertal growth status and ethnicity in boys and girls, showed that body mass index (BMI), waist ...
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    The main objective of this paper was to determine the utility of various anthropometric measures to assess total and regional body fatness using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as the criterion in 454 adolescent boys and girls aged 12-19 years. Multivariable regression analyses of gender-specific and gender-combined models were used to determine anthropometric measures on DXA-derived body fatness models, after adjusting for known confounding biological factors. Partial correlation analyses, after adjusting for age, pubertal growth status and ethnicity in boys and girls, showed that body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-height ratio (WhtR) were significantly correlated with total body fat (TBF), percent body fat (%BF), android region fat (ARF) and trunk fat (TF) (all p<0.0001). BMI was the greatest independent determinant, contributing 43.8%-80.9% of the total variance for DXA-derived body fatness models. Results confirmed that a simple anthropometric index such as the BMI is a good surrogate indicator of body fat levels in Malay and Chinese adolescents. Key Words: anthropometric measures, body fatness, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, ethnicity, adolescents
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    Journal Title
    Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    Volume
    22
    Issue
    3
    Publisher URI
    http://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/APJCN/22/3/index.php#anthropometric
    Copyright Statement
    © 2013 HEC Press. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Exercise Physiology
    Nutrition and Dietetics
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/58711
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