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- Title
Body composition in the SOS (Swedish Obese Subjects) reference study.
- Authors
Larsson, I.; Bertéus Forslund, H.; Lindroos, A. K.; Lissner, L.; Näslund, I.; Peltonen, M.; Sjöström, L.
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The primary objective was to establish population-based, sex- and age-specific reference data with respect to body composition variables. Secondary objectives were to relate body mass index (BMI) to anthropometric measurements reflecting central adiposity and to body fat (BE). Another objective was to examine if secular changes in adipose tissue distribution occurred during the sampling period, 1 994–1999. DESIGN: Sex- and age-specific data on anthropometric measurements and body composition were cross-sectionally collected in the reference study of Swedish Obese Subjects. SUBJECTS: In total, 11 35 randomly selected subjects (524 men and 611 women), aged 37–61 y, BMI 1 7.6–45.4 kg/m2. MEASUREMENTS: Measures of body fatness and fat distribution (by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and anthropometry) were collected. RESULTS: At BMI 25 kg/m2, relative (absolute) BE mass was 24% (1 9kg) in men vs 36% (25 kg) in women, waist circumference was 90 vs 85cm, and sagittal trunk diameter was 21 vs 19cm. BE and measures of centralized adipose tissue distribution increased with age in both sexes (P<0.01). In women, waist circumference and sagittal diameter increased (P<0.01) over the sampling period while BMI did not. CONCLUSIONS: Sex- and age-specific reference data on body composition are reported from a randomly selected sample of Swedish men and wornen. At given BMIs, women had more BE but smaller waist circumference than men. Secular increases in indices of central obesity were found in women but not in men.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; HUMAN body composition; OVERWEIGHT persons; BODY weight; ANTHROPOMETRY; OBESITY
- Publication
International Journal of Obesity & Related Metabolic Disorders, 2004, Vol 28, Issue 10, p1317
- ISSN
0307-0565
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.ijo.0802732