Evaluation of body composition of eutrophic young women and eutrophic and overweight elderly women using the deuterium oxide method and different anthropometric equations
Keywords:
Young adult, Body composition, AgedAbstract
Objective
To evaluate the body fat percentage and body lean and fat mass of eutrophic young women and eutrophic and overweight/obese elderly women using anthropometry (generalized and specific equations) and deuterium oxide and to define the concordance coefficient between the equations and the deuterium oxide method (reference).
Methods
Forty eight volunteers (15 eutrophic young women, 18 eutrophic elderly women, and 15 overweight/obese elderly women), aged between 18 and 75 years, participated in this study. Body weight was measured using a digital scale, and height was measured using a stadiometer with a vertical backboard. Body composition was assessed using anthropometric equations and deuterium oxide (2
H2O). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Student’s t test, Lin’s concordance coefficient, and Bland-Altman plot.
Results
The mean age and body mass index were, respectively: 25.6±3.7 years and 20.9±2.2 kg/m2 for the eutrophic young women; 69.1±3.6 years and 23.8±1.8 kg/m2 for the eutrophic elderly women; and 69.6±3.0 years and 32.6±2.6 kg/m2 for the overweight/obese elderly women. The best concordance coefficients between the anthropometric equations and deuterium oxide for body fat were: eutrophic young women, Deuterium versus Sloan - 0.70; eutrophic elderly women, Deuterium versus Jackson - 0.89; and overweight/obese elderly women, Deuterium versus Deurenberg - 0.77.
Conclusion
The equations that showed the best concordance with deuterium oxide were: Sloan for eutrophic young women; Jackson and Durnin & Wormersley for eutrophic elderly women; and Deurenberg, and Visser for overweight/obese elderly women.
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