{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Soh BP"],"funding":["Geriatric Education and Research Institute (GERI) intramural funding"],"pagination":["e0276434"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9586348"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>This study establishes age- and sex-specific reference values for fat mass index (FMI), lean mass index (LMI), appendicular LMI (aLMI), and body fat distribution indices including Android/Gynoid % fat ratio and Trunk/Limb % fat ratio in multi-ethnic Singaporean adults.<h4>Methods</h4>A population-based cross-sectional study using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (Hologic Discovery Wi) was carried out to measure whole body and regional fat and lean mass in community-dwelling adults. A total of 537 adults (57.5% women), aged from 21 to 90 years, were recruited from the large north-eastern residential town of Yishun. Age- and sex-specific percentile reference values were generated for FMI, LMI, aLMI, Android/Gynoid % fat ratio and Trunk/Limb % fat ratio using the Lambda-Mu-"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Body composition reference values in Singaporean adults using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-The Yishun study."],"pmcid":["PMC9586348"],"funding_grant_id":["GERI 1609"],"pubmed_authors":["Seah WT","Wee SL","Lau LK","Lee SY","Wong WY","Pang BWJ","Chen KK","Srinivasan S","Ng TP","Soh BP","Jabbar KA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Body composition reference values in Singaporean adults using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-The Yishun study.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>This study establishes age- and sex-specific reference values for fat mass index (FMI), lean mass index (LMI), appendicular LMI (aLMI), and body fat distribution indices including Android/Gynoid % fat ratio and Trunk/Limb % fat ratio in multi-ethnic Singaporean adults.<h4>Methods</h4>A population-based cross-sectional study using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (Hologic Discovery Wi) was carried out to measure whole body and regional fat and lean mass in community-dwelling adults. A total of 537 adults (57.5% women), aged from 21 to 90 years, were recruited from the large north-eastern residential town of Yishun. Age- and sex-specific percentile reference values were generated for FMI, LMI, aLMI, Android/Gynoid % fat ratio and Trunk/Limb % fat ratio using the Lambda-Mu-","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-19T21:19:09.066Z","creation":"2025-02-18T23:58:48.039Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9586348","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36269751"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0276434"]}}