Measuring abdominal adiposity in 6 to 7-year-old children
| Autor: | Ronald P. Stolk, E. de Lucia Rolfe, Pieter J. J. Sauer, Eryn T. Liem, Ken K. Ong, Carianne L'Abee |
|---|---|
| Přispěvatelé: | Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), Lifestyle Medicine (LM) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Male
PREPUBERTAL CHILDREN ANTHROPOMETRY medicine.medical_specialty Population Medicine (miscellaneous) Adipose tissue Intra-Abdominal Fat Overweight Childhood obesity AFRICAN-AMERICAN Absorptiometry Photon body weights and measures photon absorptiometry ADOLESCENTS Humans Medicine COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY education Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures Adiposity education.field_of_study child Nutrition and Dietetics CONSEQUENCES OVERWEIGHT business.industry abdominal fat computed tomography ultrasonography Anthropometry medicine.disease Subcutaneous Fat Abdominal Surgery Skinfold Thickness medicine.anatomical_structure VISCERAL FAT TISSUE Photon absorptiometry Abdomen Female medicine.symptom CHILDHOOD OBESITY Tomography X-Ray Computed business Nuclear medicine Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 63(7), 835-841. Nature Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 0954-3007 |
| Popis: | Background/Objectives: Both intra-abdominal adipose tissue (IAAT) and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAAT) are associated with cardiovascular risk factors, even in childhood. Currently, the gold standard in assessing IAAT and SAAT is computed tomography (CT), which is not widely applicable. The aim of this study was to estimate abdominal fat using anthropometry, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and ultrasound, and compare these estimates with the amounts of IAAT and SAAT determined by CT in 6 to 7-year-old children.Subjects/Methods: In 31 healthy children, weight, height, circumferences, skinfolds, DEXA, abdominal ultrasound and CT were performed. Measurements were compared by simple correlations and receiver operating characteristic analyses.Results: Total abdominal fat on CT did not differ between boys and girls (86.5 versus 89.8 cm(3), P = 0.84). Boys had a higher IAAT to SAAT ratio than girls (0.56 versus 0.37, P = 0.03). The sum of supra-iliac and abdominal skinfolds was most strongly correlated with SAAT on CT (r = 0.93, P Conclusion: Skinfold measurements are the best non-invasive technique in predicting subcutaneous as well as intra-abdominal fat in our population of 6 to 7-year-old children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2009) 63, 835-841; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2008.57; published online 7 January 2009 |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|