Associations of Body Mass and Fat Indexes With Cardiometabolic Traits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Body mass index (BMI) is criticized for not distinguishing fat from lean mass and ignoring fat distribution, leaving its ability to detect health effects unclear.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to compare BMI with total and regional fat indexes from dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in their associations with cardiometabolic traits. Duration of exposure to and change in each index across adolescence were examined in relation to detailed traits in young adulthood.

Methods

BMI was examined alongside total, trunk, arm, and leg fat indexes (each in kilograms per square meter) from dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry at ages 10 and 18 years in relation to 230 traits from targeted metabolomics at age 18 years in 2,840 offspring from the Avon Longitudinal Study

SUBMITTER: Bell JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6290112 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature