Measuring body fat-How accurate is the extrapolation of predictive models in epidemiology?

ABSTRACT: Excess fat is a risk factor for many chronic diseases which can lead to premature mortality. Many studies have proposed predictive equations for body fat mass and body fat mass percentage based on anthropometric measures in relation to age and sex. However, the use of these predictive equations on other subject samples may not be relevant. Our objective is to assess whether the predictive equations proposed in the literature are generalizable to any population. We obtained fat mass and fat percentage on a reference population using Absorptiometry DXA. The predictive equations were applied to our population and the mean and individual differences between actual and estimated values were obtained. Predictive equations obtained from a reduced number of subjects have a very high Standard Error

SUBMITTER: Pineau JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830724 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature