ADDITIONAL ABDOMINAL MEASUREMENTS ARE A USEFUL TOOL TO EVALUATE BODY COMPOSITION IN OBESE WOMEN.
Andresa de Toledo Triffoni-MeloFlávia de Andrade Monte-AlegreVania Aparecida Leandro MerhiRosa Wanda Diez-GarciaPublished in: Arquivos de gastroenterologia (2019)
The results demonstrated a robust correlation between the sum of the three WC measurements and total and trunk DXA in obese women suggesting that such measurements may be a good indicator of body and trunk fat in women, actually superior to BIA results. The use of these three measurements may be an alternative for the assessment of body and trunk fat, in those cases in which the body shape due to adipose tissue trunk accumulation makes accurate classical measurement (WC1) difficult.
Keyphrases
- adipose tissue
- body composition
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- insulin resistance
- bone mineral density
- lower limb
- pregnancy outcomes
- high fat diet
- resistance training
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- cervical cancer screening
- weight loss
- breast cancer risk
- fatty acid
- magnetic resonance
- high resolution
- postmenopausal women
- skeletal muscle