Assessment of Body Composition, Fat Mass, Fat-Free Mass and Percent of Body Fat among Rural School Children of Northeastern India

Q3 Arts and Humanities

Collegium Antropologicum Pub Date : 2020-04-28 DOI:10.5671/CA.44.1.5

Dali Dutta, S. Sengupta

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Abstract

Recently recognized important indicators of body composition are fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM) and percent body fat (PBF). The aim of this cross-sectional study is to determine body composition of the pre-adolescent children by using FM, FFM, and PBF. This study was performed using data from 584 children (281 boys and 303 girls) aged 6–10 years of Ahom descent from upper Assam state, Northeast India. Four anthropometric measurements i.e. height, weight, skinfold at triceps (TSF) and sub-scapular (SSF) were taken to calculate FM, FFM, FMI, FFMI, PBF, PBF for age (PBFZ), body mass index(BMI). Age-specific mean values of FM ranged from 2.12–4.00 kg (boys) and 2.16–4.40 kg (girls) and the agespecific mean values of FFM ranged from 14.45–23.93 kg (boys) and 14.01–23.03 kg (girls). The highest PBF value was observed at the age of 6 years for both groups of the children while the lowest value was observed at the age of 10 years and 9 years for boys and girls respectively. Sex-specific mean differences between sexes were statistically significant in SSF, PBF, FM, and FMI. For future investigations in clinical and epidemiological studies, these results are very important as they can be used to identify the risk of lower or higher adiposity and body composition using PBF, FM, and FFM.

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印度东北部农村学童体成分、脂肪量、无脂肪量及体脂百分比的评估

最近公认的身体组成的重要指标是脂肪质量(FM)、无脂质量(FFM)和体脂百分比(PBF)。本横断面研究的目的是通过使用FM、FFM和PBF来确定青春期前儿童的身体组成。这项研究使用了来自印度东北部上阿萨姆邦的584名6-10岁的阿洪族儿童(281名男孩和303名女孩)的数据。采用身高、体重、肱三头肌皮褶(TSF)和肩胛下皮褶(SSF)四项人体测量数据计算FM、FFM、FMI、FFMI、PBF、PBF年龄(pbz)、体重指数(BMI)。FM的年龄特异性平均值为2.12 ~ 4.00 kg(男生)和2.16 ~ 4.40 kg(女生)，FFM的年龄特异性平均值为14.45 ~ 23.93 kg(男生)和14.01 ~ 23.03 kg(女生)。两组儿童的PBF值均在6岁时最高，男孩和女孩分别在10岁和9岁时最低。SSF、PBF、FM和FMI的性别差异有统计学意义。对于临床和流行病学研究的未来调查，这些结果非常重要，因为它们可用于确定使用PBF, FM和FFM的低或高肥胖风险和身体成分。

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期刊介绍： International journal Collegium Antropologicum is the official journal of the Croatian Antropological Society and is jointly published by: Croatian Anthropological Society Croatian Association of Medical Anthropology - Croatian Medical Association Department of Natural Sciences, Anthropological Centre and the Scientific Council for Anthropological Research of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. With the numerous international recognition of co-operative experts, the Journal represents a relevant reference source in the fields of cultural and biological anthropology, sociology, ethnology, psychology, demography, history, archaeology, genetics, biomedicine, human ecology, nutrition and other fields related to multidisciplinary character of anthropology.