Should body mass index be adjusted for relative sitting height in cross-sectional studies of chronic diseases in Japanese-Brazilians?

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Adriana Bouças Ribeiro¹  Suely Godoy Agostinho Gimeno¹  Solange Andreoni¹  Sandra Roberta Gouveia Ferreira¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de São Paulo Departamento de Medicina Preventiva São Paulo,Brasil

关键词: Body Mass Index;    Anthropometry;    Chronic Diseases;    Japanese-Brazilians;    Índice de Massa Corporal;    Antropometria;    Doenças Crônicas;    Nipo-brasileiros;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2006000800017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The current article aimed to verify the degree of agreement in classification of nutritional status according to body mass index (BMI) and corrected body mass index (BMIc). Data were used from a cross-sectional study of Japanese-Brazilians. Statistical analysis provided prevalence rates for chronic diseases, kappa statistic, and Pearson's linear correlation coefficient. Some 5.9% of Japanese-Brazilians were discordant according to the BMI and BMIc classifications. The weighted kappa statistic (0.94; p = 0.000) indicated good agreement between the classifications. Similar prevalence rates for chronic diseases were obtained for individuals with excess weight classified by these two indices. Similar Pearson's linear correlation coefficients were obtained for these indices and waist circumference and body fat measurements. The results suggest that BMI correction for relative sitting height is probably unnecessary for these individuals.

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