Relationship between anthropometric and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry measures to assess total and regional adiposity in Malaysian adolescents.
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.
School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. lhfoo@kb.usm.my
Leng Huat
LH
Foo
Pey Sze
PS
Teo
Nurul Fadhilah
NF
Abdullah
Mohd Ezane
ME
Aziz
Andrew P
AP
Hills
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D050154:Adiposity; D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D011627:Puberty; D012044:Regression Analysis; D055105:Waist Circumference; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio; D055815:Young Adult