A new anthropometric index to predict percent body fat in young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To propose a new anthropometric index that can be employed to better predict percent body fat (PBF) among young adults and to compare with current anthropometric indices.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

All measurements were taken in a controlled laboratory setting in Seoul (South Korea), between 1 December 2015 and 30 June 2016.

Participants

Eighty-seven young adults (18-35 years) who underwent dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) were used for analysis. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to develop a body fat index (BFI) using simple demographic and anthropometric information. Correlations of DXA measured PBF (DXA_PBF) with previously developed anthropometric indices and the BFI were analysed. Receiver operating characteristic curve analy

SUBMITTER: Yang HI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200519 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature