Antonino De Lorenzo1, Lorenzo Romano2, Laura Di Renzo3, Paola Gualtieri4, Chiara Salimei3, Elena Carrano5, Tiziana Rampello3, Renata Costa de Miranda6. 1. Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomic, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: Delorenzo@uniroma2.it. 2. Specialization School of Food Science, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. 3. Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomic, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. 4. PhD School of Applied Medical-Surgical Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. 5. Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy. 6. PhD School of Applied Medical-Surgical Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; CAPES Scholarship, CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasilia, Brazil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to compare body mass index (BMI) and triponderal mass index (TMI) as predictors of fat mass percentage (FM%) and to develop TMI cutoffs for screening high adiposity. Therefore, TMI- and BMI-based references against FM% criterion for indicating adiposity in Italian children and adolescents were compared. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Human Nutrition Unit, from 2008 to 2015. The sample included 485 children and adolescents from 8 to 17 y of age from central-southern Italy. Body weight (kg) and height (m) were assessed to calculate BMI and TMI. FM% was assessed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. The prevalence of high adiposity was based on the 75th percentile of FM%, according to Ogden et al. curves. Statistical tests such as Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, polynomial regression, receiver operating characteristics curve, and Cohen's κ, were performed using SPSS version 24 and MedCalc version 18. RESULTS: Prevalence of high adiposity according to FM% was 50.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 43.2-57.2) in boys and 43.2% (95% CI, 37.3-49.2) in girls. TMI rather than BMI could better predict FM% for both sexes (boys R2 = 0.67 and girls R2 = 0.79 versus boys R2 = 0.44 and girls R2 = 0.74, respectively). TMI was found to present a significantly higher area under the curve than BMI for indicating high adiposity in children and adolescents. TMI sex- and age-specific cutoffs were responsible by better classification of adiposity, followed by the International Obesity Task Force, World Health Organization, and Cacciari reference curves. CONCLUSION: TMI is a useful screening tool in pediatric clinical practice and epidemiologic studies concerning childhood obesity.
OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to compare body mass index (BMI) and triponderal mass index (TMI) as predictors of fat mass percentage (FM%) and to develop TMI cutoffs for screening high adiposity. Therefore, TMI- and BMI-based references against FM% criterion for indicating adiposity in Italian children and adolescents were compared. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Human Nutrition Unit, from 2008 to 2015. The sample included 485 children and adolescents from 8 to 17 y of age from central-southern Italy. Body weight (kg) and height (m) were assessed to calculate BMI and TMI. FM% was assessed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. The prevalence of high adiposity was based on the 75th percentile of FM%, according to Ogden et al. curves. Statistical tests such as Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, polynomial regression, receiver operating characteristics curve, and Cohen's κ, were performed using SPSS version 24 and MedCalc version 18. RESULTS: Prevalence of high adiposity according to FM% was 50.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 43.2-57.2) in boys and 43.2% (95% CI, 37.3-49.2) in girls. TMI rather than BMI could better predict FM% for both sexes (boys R2 = 0.67 and girls R2 = 0.79 versus boys R2 = 0.44 and girls R2 = 0.74, respectively). TMI was found to present a significantly higher area under the curve than BMI for indicating high adiposity in children and adolescents. TMI sex- and age-specific cutoffs were responsible by better classification of adiposity, followed by the International Obesity Task Force, World Health Organization, and Cacciari reference curves. CONCLUSION:TMI is a useful screening tool in pediatric clinical practice and epidemiologic studies concerning childhood obesity.
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