A novel cut-off for abdominal obesity derived from various anthropometric indices to predict body composition: arm fat area

ÇİÇEK B., ÖZTÜRK A., MAZICIOĞLU M. M., İnanc N., Kurtoglu S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.40, sa.4, ss.515-523, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-0808-37
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.515-523
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Determination offal and fat-free mass is of considerable Interest in evaluation of nutritional status. The aim of the present study was to determine whether using arm fat area (A FA) is helpful in identifying abdominal obesity (waist circumference > 90(th) percentile) in Turkish children and adolescents with high risk According to AFA >= 85(th) percentile indicating overweight, we determined age- and gender-specific cut-offs from anthropometric indices