Scaling of adult regional body mass and body composition as a whole to height: Relevance to body shape and body mass index
Dados Bibliográficos
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| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine Hanyang University Gyeonggi‐do Republic of Korea, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU System Baton Rouge Louisiana, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx New York, Center for Quantitative Obesity Research Montclair State University Montclair New Jersey |
| ANO | Não informado |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajhb.22653 |
| CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
ObjectivesAdult body mass (MB) empirically scales as height (Ht) squared (MB ∝ Ht2), but does regional body mass and body composition as a whole also scale as Ht2? This question is relevant to a wide range of biological topics, including interpretation of body mass index (BMI).MethodsDual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) was used to quantify regional body mass [head (MH), trunk, arms, and legs] and whole‐body composition [fat, lean soft tissue (LST), and bone mineral content (BMC)] in non‐Hispanic (NH) white, NH black, Mexican American, and Korean adults participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES; n = 17,126) and Korean NHANES (n = 8,942). Regression models were developed to establish Ht scaling powers for each measured component with adjustments for age and adiposity.ResultsExploratory analyses revealed a consistent scaling pattern across men and women of the four population groups: regional mass powers, head (∼0.8–1) .