Normative Data of Body Fat Mass and Its Distribution as Assessed by DXA in Indian Adult Population

AbstractNear 20% of the Portuguese population is aged 65 years or above, a value similar to most developed countries. This older adult population also suffers from obesity and obesity-related pathologies. The environment encompasses a set of obesity determinants and knowing the associations between the environment and obesity may help health professionals and caregivers to provide for the older adults.In this study, we aimed to relate anthropometric measures with socio-demographic data in older adults.This is a cross-sectional study using data from the Pronutrisenior project, collected in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The sample consists of 456 older adults, aged 65 to 92 years without cognitive impairment. The sample consisted of older adults living at their homes. Socio-demographic, clinical, geographical, and anthropometric data was collected. The statistical analysis used IBM-SPSS-22.0 and consisted on descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations and UniANOVA. Significantly results (p < 0.05) are reported.These older adults were mostly females (54.2%) with a mean age of 73.8 years (sd = 6.3), mean body mass index (BMI) of 29.1kg/m2 (sd = 4.8), mean waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) of 0.623 (sd = 0.073) and mean percentage of body fat mass (%BFM) of 40.7% (sd = 8.9%) for females and 30.2% (sd = 8.5%) for males. BMI, WHtR and %BFM were positively correlated. In this sample of older adults, higher values of these measures were associated to being female, younger, less educated; to having articular pains and respiratory problems, and not having insomnia, hypertension, chewing problems nor hearing problems; to drink more liquids but not consuming dairy products daily; to not take nutritional supplements but to take more medicines; to be without somebody to talk to and to be more dependent; and to live in a house without stairs to climb and to live near other older adults, and in a more urbanized area with streets with steeper slopes.In this sample of older adults, obesity is related with health characteristics and those are related with socio-demographic and geographical characteristics of the area of residence. Besides the identification of risk factors for the older adult population, this information may help designing health care policies that takes in consideration the physical and geographical characteristics of the neighbourhood of the area of residence of the older adults.

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Novel genes on rat chromosome 10 are linked to body fat mass, preadipocyte number and adipocyte size

Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel ◽

10.1055/s-0036-1580815 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (S 01) ◽

Author(s):

A Weingarten ◽

L Turchetti ◽

K Krohn ◽

M Kern ◽

I Klöting ◽

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Keyword(s):

Body Fat ◽

Fat Mass ◽

Body Fat Mass ◽

Adipocyte Size ◽

Chromosome 10 ◽

Novel Genes

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1019-P: Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Predominantly Reduce Body Fat Mass in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes ◽

10.2337/db19-1019-p ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 68 (Supplement 1) ◽

pp. 1019-P

Author(s):

YUKI FUJITA ◽

SODAI KUBOTA ◽

HITOSHI KUWATA ◽

DAISUKE YABE ◽

YOSHIYUKI HAMAMOTO ◽

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Keyword(s):

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Body Fat ◽

Fat Mass ◽

Body Fat Mass ◽

Receptor Agonists ◽

Glucagon Like Peptide ◽

Glucagon Like Peptide 1

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Association Between Body Fat Mass and Plasma Insulin Level in the Male Patients with Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism and Normal Glucose Tolerance

Diabetes ◽

10.2337/db18-1972-p ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 67 (Supplement 1) ◽

pp. 1972-P

Author(s):

XUBIN YANG ◽

QIONGYAN LIN ◽

XILING HU ◽

WEN XU ◽

HONG R. DENG

Keyword(s):

Glucose Tolerance ◽

Body Fat ◽

Fat Mass ◽

Plasma Insulin ◽

Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism ◽

Insulin Level ◽

Normal Glucose Tolerance ◽

Body Fat Mass ◽

Normal Glucose ◽

Male Patients

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Interaction of Genetic and Environmental Factors for Body Fat Mass Control

Case Medical Research ◽

10.31525/ct1-nct04299698 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Environmental Factors ◽

Body Fat ◽

Fat Mass ◽

Body Fat Mass ◽

Genetic And Environmental Factors

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The effect of 10-week walking exercise on body fat mass, body fat, VFA, foot presser and body balance of obese students

Korean Journal of Sports Science ◽

10.35159/kjss.2020.04.29.2.1333 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 1333-1341

Author(s):

Jeong-Hyun Kwon

Keyword(s):

Body Fat ◽

Fat Mass ◽

Body Fat Mass ◽

Body Balance ◽

Walking Exercise

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High percent body fat mass predicts lower risk of cardiac events in patients with heart failure: an explanation of the obesity paradox

BMC Geriatrics ◽

10.1186/s12877-020-01950-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Katsuhiko Ohori ◽

Toshiyuki Yano ◽

Satoshi Katano ◽

Hidemichi Kouzu ◽

Suguru Honma ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Body Fat ◽

Fat Mass ◽

Cardiac Event ◽

Muscle Wasting ◽

Obesity Paradox ◽

Percent Body Fat ◽

Body Fat Mass ◽

Cardiac Events ◽

Kaplan Meier

Abstract Background Although high body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor of heart failure (HF), HF patients with a higher BMI had a lower mortality rate than that in HF patients with normal or lower BMI, a phenomenon that has been termed the “obesity paradox”. However, the relationship between body composition, i.e., fat or muscle mass, and clinical outcome in HF remains unclear. Methods We retrospectively analyzed data for 198 consecutive HF patients (76 years of age; males, 49%). Patients who were admitted to our institute for diagnosis and management of HF and received a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scan were included regardless of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) categories. Muscle wasting was defined as appendicular skeletal muscle mass index < 7.0 kg/m2 in males and < 5.4 kg/m2 in females. Increased percent body fat mass (increased FM) was defined as percent body fat > 25% in males and > 30% in females. Results The median age of the patients was 76 years (interquartile range [IQR], 67–82 years) and 49% of them were male. The median LVEF was 47% (IQR, 33–63%) and 33% of the patients had heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Increased FM and muscle wasting were observed in 58 and 67% of the enrolled patients, respectively. During a 180-day follow-up period, 32 patients (16%) had cardiac events defined as cardiac death or readmission by worsening HF or arrhythmia. Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed that patients with increased FM had a lower cardiac event rate than did patients without increased FM (11.4% vs. 22.6%, p = 0.03). Kaplan-Meier curves of cardiac event rates did not differ between patients with and those without muscle wasting (16.5% vs. 15.4%, p = 0.93). In multivariate Cox regression analyses, increased FM was independently associated with lower cardiac event rates (hazard ratio: 0.45, 95% confidence interval: 0.22–0.93) after adjustment for age, sex, diabetes, muscle wasting, and renal function. Conclusions High percent body fat mass is associated with lower risk of short-term cardiac events in HF patients.

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