Body Adiposity Index Performance in Estimating Body Fat Percentage in Colombian College Students: Findings from the FUPRECOL-Adults Study

作者：Ramirez Velez Robinson^*; Enrique Correa Bautista Jorge; Gonzalez Ruiz Katherine; Vivas Andres; Reynaldo Triana Reina Hector; Martinez Torres Javier; Humberto Prieto Benavides Daniel; Alejandro Carrillo Hugo; Alexander Ramos Sepulveda Jeison; Villa Gonzalez Emilio; Garcia Hermoso Antonio

来源：Nutrients, 2017, 9(1): 40.

DOI：10.3390/nu9010040

• body composition
• validity
• students
• body adiposity

Recently, a body adiposity index (BAI = (hip circumference)/((height)(1.5))(-18)) was developed and validated in adult populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of BAI in estimating percentage body fat (BF%) in a sample of Colombian collegiate young adults. The participants were comprised of 903 volunteers (52% females, mean age = 21.4 years +/- 3.3). We used the Lin's concordance correlation coefficient, linear regression, Bland-Altman's agreement analysis, concordance correlation coefficient (rho c) and the coefficient of determination (R-2) between BAI, and BF%; by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA)). The correlation between the two methods of estimating BF% was R-2 = 0.384, p < 0.001. A paired-sample t-test showed a difference between the methods (BIA BF% = 16.2 +/- 3.1, BAI BF% = 30.0 +/- 5.4%; p < 0.001). For BIA, bias value was 6.0 +/- 6.2 BF% (95% confidence interval (CI) = 6.0 to 18.2), indicating that the BAI method overestimated BF% relative to the reference method. Lin's concordance correlation coefficient was poor (rho c = 0.014, 95% CI = 0.124 to 0.135; p = 0.414). In Colombian college students, there was poor agreement between BAI- and BIA-based estimates of BF%, and so BAI is not accurate in people with low or high body fat percentage levels.

• 出版日期2017-1