title: Relationship between BMI and skinfold thicknesses to risk factors in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.
abstract: Studies conducted on children and adults have pointed to the correlation of BMI (kg/m2) with risk factors for certain diseases. Other studies have stressed a more intense correlation between the risk factors and indicators of subcutaneous fat obtained in other ways. The aim Of the study was to compare the intensity of correlation between the risk factors and triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness in relation to BMI. The study included 53 postmenopausal and 107 premenopausal women, the risk factors were assessed upon systolic and diastolic blood pressure, glucose concentration, triglyceride and cholesterol levels. Statistically significant differences were established in almost all variables referring to premenopausal and postmenopausal women, except in body height, subscapular skinfold thickness and tryglyceride concentration. Significant correlation with the risk factors was detected in BMI and both skinfold thicknesses, while the subscapular thickness correlates more intensively with the risk factors than it is the case with the triceps thickness. The results indicate that BMI equally correlates with risk factors as well as skinfold thickness.
authors.affiliation: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department for Biology and Ecology, Novi Sad, Serbia. tatjana.pavlica@dbe.uns.ac.rs
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pavlica
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikalacki
authors.forename: Radenko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matić
authors.forename: Darinka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Korovljev
authors.forename: Nebojsa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cokorilo
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vujkov
authors.forename: Biljana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Srdić
authors.forename: Dejan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sakac
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000502:physiology*; D017697:Premenopause / Q000502:physiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness