Clinical evaluation of body fat percentage in 11,833 Japanese measured by air displacement plethysmograph
| Autor: | Yumiko Kunihashi, Yuriko Kawasaki, Hidetaka Nishikawa, Takeyuki Numata, Nobuyuki Miyatake, Sumiko Takenami |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Waist Body adiposity index Body fat percentage Body Mass Index Animal science Asian People Classification of obesity Internal medicine Internal Medicine Medicine Plethysmograph Humans Aged business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged Circumference Plethysmography Endocrinology Adipose Tissue Body Composition business Body mass index Clinical evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 44(7) |
| ISSN: | 0918-2918 |
| Popis: | Objective Body fat percentage is commonly used for assessing body composition. We investigated the body fat percentage in Japanese subjects measured by air displacement plethysmograph (ADP) termed BOD POD®.Methods Cross-sectional clinical investigation study.Patients and Measurements We used data of 11,833 Japanese subjects aged 20-79 years [body mass index (BMI): 23.2±3.7 kg/m2]. Body fat percentage was evaluated by BOD POD®. Anthropometric parameters such as height, weight, BMI, waist circumference and hip circumference were also measured.Results Mean values of body fat percentage measured by BOD POD® were 24.5±6.6% in men and 31.1±7.1% in women, mean values were also calculated as classified into aged groups in normal weight subjects. Body fat percentage was significantly correlated with BMI and 25.1% of men and 34.6% of women corresponded to 25 kg/m2 in BMI.Conclusion Mean value of body fat percentage in normal weight Japanese subjects was revealed. In addition, the level of 25% in men and 35% in women corresponded to 25 kg/m2 of BMI. |
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