scholarly journals Correlation of body mass index with biceps and triceps skin fold thickness

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1475
Author(s):  
Snehal P. Chavhan ◽  
Mandar V. Chandrachood
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Nutritional Assessment ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Skin Fold Thickness ◽  
Institutional Ethics ◽  
Skin Fold ◽  
Triceps Skin Fold ◽  
Triceps Skin Fold Thickness

Background: Body mass index (BMI) and skin fold thickness are independently established methods of nutritional assessment. Present study tries to find out correlation between them.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in private medical college among 2nd year MBBS students. Total 24 students were sampled by purposive sampling method. After obtaining permission from Institutional Ethics committee and written informed consent from participants, study information was gathered using semi structured proforma. Anthropometric measurements were taken using standard techniques and equipments. Data was analysed using Microsoft Excel and Prism version 5.0 and appropriate tests were used considering normality of data.Results: Out of 24 study participants 14 were males and 10 were females. Mean weight was 59.29±12.59 kg, mean height was 164.77±10.28 cm, mean BMI was 21.68±3.18 kg/m2. Mean biceps skin fold thickness was 7.20±2.68 mm and mean triceps skin fold thickness was 10.75±3.33mm. Of all the participants 4 (16.67%) were having underweight BMI, 15 (62.50%) were having normal BMI, 5 (20.83%) were pre-obese. BMI correlated significantly with triceps skin fold thickness Spearman’s r=0.53, p=0.006 as compared to biceps skin fold thickness Spearman’s r=0.36, p=0.07 in complete sample. Among males BMI correlated significantly with triceps skin fold thickness Spearman’s r=0.64, p=0.01 as compared to biceps skin fold thickness.Conclusions: BMI correlates significantly with triceps skin fold thickness as compared to biceps skin fold thickness in general. Significant correlation between BMI and triceps skin fold thickness was found with males as compared to females.

Assessment of overweight and obesity among Nigerian children and adolescents using triceps skin-fold thickness and body mass index

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
A. N. Izuora ◽  
B. A. Animasahun ◽  
U. Nwodo ◽  
N. M. Ibeabuchi ◽  
O. F. Njokanma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Skin Fold Thickness ◽  
Nigerian Children ◽  
Skin Fold ◽  
Triceps Skin Fold ◽  
Triceps Skin Fold Thickness

scholarly journals Relationship between Body Mass Index and Skin Fold Thickness in Young Females

2021 ◽  
pp. 188-193
Author(s):  
Neha Mukkamala ◽  
Pooja Patel ◽  
Gauri Shankar ◽  
Jay Soni ◽  
Lata Parmar
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Young Females ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Skin Fold Thickness ◽  
Skin Fold

Background: Anthropometric indicators are used to evaluate the prognosis of chronic and acute diseases, and to guide medical intervention. In anthropometry, body mass index (BMI) is widely accepted in determining obesity and skin fold thickness measurements provide good estimates of body fat. Aim: To see the relationship between BMI and skin fold thickness in young females. Study Design: Observational study Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study. Measurements of height, weight, BMI and skin fold thickness were obtained for young adult females. Triceps, suprailiac and abdomen skin fold thickness were measured by using a skin fold calliper. For skin fold thickness, all measurements were taken three times and an average value was recorded. Results: Total 251 participants took part in the study. The mean skin fold thickness in the triceps was 22±6.02 mm, abdominal was 24.41±5.84 mm, and suprailiac was 21.23±5.74 mm. There was a significant correlation seen between BMI and triceps SFT (ρ=0.816,P=0.000), BMI and Abdominal SFT (ρ=0.854,P=0.000) and BMI and suprailiac SFT (ρ=0.850,P=0.000). There was a significant association between BMI and physical activities (P=0.000). Conclusion: There was a significant correlation seen between BMI and SFT at triceps, abdominal and suprailiac region. There was a significant association between BMI and physical activities.

Are Changes in Distance-Run Performance of Australian Children between 1985 and 1997 Explained by Changes in Fatness?

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Olds ◽  
Jim Dollman
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Body Fatness ◽  
Skin Fold Thickness ◽  
Performance Differences ◽  
Skin Fold ◽  
Triceps Skin Fold ◽  
Run Test ◽  
Triceps Skin Fold Thickness

The aim of this study was to determine whether changes in fitness performance could be explained by changes in body fatness. Two hundred seventy-nine 10- to 12-year-old children were tested in 1985 as part of a national survey. They were matched for age, sex, body-mass index, and triceps skin-fold thickness with 279 children from a 1997 survey. Average speeds on the 1.6 km walk/run test were compared. Children from the 1997 survey performed significantly worse than their matched peers from the 1985 survey. The decline in performance was evident for boys, girls, and all children. Matching for fatness reduced performance differences by about 61% in boys, and 37% in girls. Declines in fitness performance in this population have not been entirely due to increases in fatness.

scholarly journals The Impacts of Body Mass Index on Gestational Diabetes Pima Indian Heritage Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Gestational Diabetes ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Skin Fold Thickness ◽  
Glucose Levels ◽  
Skin Fold ◽  
Triceps Skin Fold ◽  
Normal Mean ◽  
Normal Women

Body mass index (BMI) acts as a casual factor for developing many diseases such as cardiovascular, breast cancer, heart, diabetes etc. The article presents the impacts of BMI on gestational diabetes Pima Indian heritage women with at least 21 years old. It is established here that mean BMI is larger for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) women (P=0.0007) than normal. Mean BMI is directly linked with triceps skin fold thickness (TSFT) (P<0.0001), and it is not related with age (P=0.5185), while it is inversely linked with their joint interaction effect TSFT*Age (P=0.0023). In addition, mean BMI is partially inversely linked with insulin (P=0.1813), and it is partially directly linked with diabetes pedigree function (PDF) (P=0.1601). Variance of BMI is larger for normal women (P<0.0001) than GDM women. It is inversely linked with glucose (P<0.0001), and it is not associated with the number of pregnancies (NOP) (P=0.5494), while it is directly linked with their joint interaction effect Glucose*NOP (P=0.0434). Mean and variance of BMI show many complex impacts on GDM women. Gestational women must care on BMI along with TSFT and glucose levels.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Malnutrition in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis in A Tertiary Care Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (218) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dibas Khadka ◽  
Binod Karki ◽  
Suresh Thapa ◽  
Ajit Khanal ◽  
Ramila Shrestha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Nutritional Assessment ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Severe Malnutrition ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cirrhotic Patients

Introduction: Cirrhosis of liver is a progressively deteriorating disease. Medical management consist of treatment and prevention of complications. Nutritional intervention to improve nutritional status of the malnourished patient has favorable impact on prognosis. Traditional measures of nutritional assessment like Body Mass Index and waist circumference are inaccurate. This study was conducted to study the prevalence of malnutrition in cirrhotic patients. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. The study included 60 cirrhotic patients from outpatient department. Subjective Global Assessment was performed for all participants and level of malnutrition recorded. Height, weight, waist circumference, body mass index were measured and recorded. Results: Among the cirrhotic patients, malnutrition was detected in 46 (76.66%) [68.38 to 85.94 at Confidence Interval 95%]. Out of 46 patients who were malnourished, 20 (43.47%) had mild to moderate malnutrition whereas 26 (56.53%) had severe malnutrition. The most common cause of cirrhosis was alcohol. The mean body mass index and mean waist circumference were within normal limits. Conclusions: Malnutrition is very common among cirrhotic patients and its prevalence increased from Child A to Child C status.  

scholarly journals ANTHROPOMETRIC AND DIETETIC EVALUATION OF PEOPLE WITH ILEOSTOMIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliano Teixeira MORAES ◽  
Ana Flávia Faria MELO ◽  
Camila ARAÚJO ◽  
Rafaela das Graças Santiago FARIA ◽  
Nize Renê FERREIRA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Nutritional Assessment ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Main Diagnosis ◽  
Cross Sectional

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The maintenance of nutrition for the person with ileostomy is a major challenge despite to the proper management of stoma eliminations. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of people with ileostomy. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study carried out on a population of 17 people with ileostomy enrolled in the Service of Attention to the Health of the Person with Stoma of level II, referring to a health region in Minas Gerais. The anthropometric evaluation consisted of the collection of weight, height, and calculation of body mass index. A 24-hour food recall and the nutritional assessment method Global Subjective Assessment were also evaluated. The data were analyzed by the Dietbox software, where the ingested nutrients were estimated, and by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 22.0. RESULTS: There was a predominance of a population composed of people over 50 years old, female, married and single, with family income between two and three minimum wages, incomplete elementary school and that did not exercise paid activity. The cancer was given as the main diagnosis that originated the stoma and had a surgery time of less than two years. Regarding nutritional status, most of the interviewees presented adequate body mass index, but more than half reported significant weight loss after the ileostomy. The predominant nutritional diagnosis provided by the General Subjective Assessment was “suspected malnutrition/moderate malnutrition”. On the other hand, the contribution of energy, carbohydrates, lipids, sodium, potassium, magnesium and vitamin B12 was considered insufficient in almost all the participants. CONCLUSION: Therefore, it is suggested the periodic evaluation of the nutritional status of this population. Thus, it is expected that preventive, therapeutic and maintenance dietary diagnosis and planning may contribute to the nutritional status of the person with the ileostomy.

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