title: Body composition in italian and Danish women.
abstract: The objective of this cross-sectional study was to compare the body composition and fat distribution measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DPX, Lunar) in different age decades of age-matched Danish and Italian women. The subjects comprised 133 healthy Italian women (age 20-60 years) age-matched to a representative sub-sample of healthy Danish women (n=375). Total and abdominal body fat tissue mass were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Italian women were shorter and fatter compared with age-matched Danish women, but in middle-age, had a less abdominal fat distribution. There was no difference in total body bone mineral density.
authors.affiliation: Human Nutrition Unit, University 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Lorenzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andreoli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Testolin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oriani
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Svendsen
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001823:Body Composition; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008875:Middle Aged