Correlation and prediction of trunk fat mass with four anthropometric indices in Chinese males.
To increase our understanding of the relationships of trunk fat mass (FMtrunk) and four anthropometric indices in Chinese males, 1090 males aged 20-40 years were randomly recruited from the city of Changsha, China. Waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference (HC) were measured using standardized equipment, and three other anthropometric indices of BMI, waist:hip ratio (WHR) and conicity index (CoI) were calculated using weight, height, HC and WC. FMtrunk (in kg) was measured using a Hologic QDR 4500 W dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanner. There was an increasing trend of FMtrunk, %FMtrunk (percentage of FMtrunk) and BMI, WC, WHR, CoI in successively older age groups (e.g. the mean FMtrunk values were 4.63 (SD 2.58), 5.39 (SD 2.74), 5.93 (SD 2.82), 6.57 (SD 2.94) in four 5-year age groups, respectively). FMtrunk and %FMtrunk were significantly correlated with four anthropometric indices with the Pearson's correlation coefficients ranging from 0.25 to 0.86. Principal component analysis was performed to form three principal components that interpreted over 99.5% of the total variation of four related anthropometric indices in all age groups, with over 65% of the total variation accounted by principal component 1. Multiple regression analyses showed that three principal components explained a greater variance (R(2) 70.0-80.1%) in FMtrunk than did BMI or WC alone (R(2) 57.8-74.1%). The present results suggest that there is an increasing trend of FMtrunk and four anthropometric indices in successively older age groups; that age has important effects on the relationships of FMtrunk and studied anthropometric indices; and that the accuracy of predicting FMtrunk using four anthropometric indices is higher than using BMI or WC alone.
Xiao
Su-Mei
SM
Laboratory of Molecular and Statistical Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, PR China.
Lei
Shu-Feng
SF
Chen
Xiang-Ding
XD
Liu
Man-Yuan
MY
Jian
Wei-Xia
WX
Xu
Hong
H
Tan
Li-Jun
LJ
Deng
Fei-Yan
FY
Yang
Yan-Jun
YJ
Wang
Yan-Bo
YB
Sun
Xiao
X
Jiang
Cheng
C
Guo
Yan-Fang
YF
Guo
Jing-Jing
JJ
Li
Yuan-Neng
YN
Jiang
Hui
H
Zhu
Xue-Zhen
XZ
Deng
Hong-Wen
HW
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025341:Principal Component Analysis / Q000379:methods; D050507:Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio