Disentangling basal and accumulated body mass for cross‐population comparisons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8313377 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel J Hruschka (0000-0003-2188-7782, School of Human Evolution and Social Change Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287‐2402, corresponding author), Craig Hadley (0000-0001-8120-6665, Department of Anthropology Emory University Atlanta GA), Alexandra Brewis (0000-0003-3769-4205, School of Human Evolution and Social Change Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287‐2402) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 153 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 542-550 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.22452 |
| PMID | 24374912 |
| OpenAlex | W2162844376 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 34 |
Measures of human body mass confound 1) well‐established population differences in body form and 2) exposure to obesogenic environments, posing challenges for using body mass index (BMI) in cross‐population studies of body form, energy reserves, and obesity‐linked disease risk. We propose a method for decomposing population BMI by estimating basal BMI (bBMI) among young adults living in extremely poor, rural households where excess body mass accumulation is uncommon. We test this method with nationally representative, cross‐sectional Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) collected from 69,916 rural women (20–24 years) in 47 low‐income countries. Predicting BMI by household wealth, we estimate country‐level bBMI as the average BMI of young women (20–24 years) living in rural households with total assets −2 ) is reliable across decades and age groups ( R 2 = 0.83–0.88). Country‐level estimates of bBMI show no relation to diabetes prevalence or country‐level GDP ( R 2 R 2 = 0.55 vs. 0.40) and diabetes prevalence ( R 2 = 0.23 vs. 0.17) than does conventional BMI. This method produces reliable estimates of bBMI across a wide range of nationally representative samples, providing a new approach to investigating population variation in body mass. Am J Phys Anthropol 153:542–550, 2014. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
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| Citations per year | 2,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |