PMID- 15132861
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040729
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0254-6450 (Print)
IS  - 0254-6450 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 2
DP  - 2004 Feb
TI  - [The relation between body mass index and percentage body fat among Chinese 
      adolescent living in urban Beijing].
PG  - 113-6
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To study the relation between body mass index (BMI) and percentage 
      body fat (PBF) in Chinese adolescent, and to compare the prevalence of overweight 
      and obesity using BMI or PBF standards. METHODS: BMI from 757 girls with an 
      average aged of 10.1 years in the rural areas, 165 girls average aged 13.5 years 
      in suburbs and 172 boys average aged 13.7 years in suburb of Beijing, were 
      measured. Their body compositions were also measured by dual-energy X-ray 
      absorptiometry (DEXA). RESULTS: BMI was found closely correlated with PBF in each 
      age group of rural and suburb girls and suburb boys with the correlation 
      coefficient(r) of 0.59 - 0.83. When age, height and pubertal development were 
      controlled, r became 0.54 - 0.88. The prevalence rates of obesity in rural girls, 
      suburb girls and suburb boys were 33.1%, 21.8% and 21.5%, when PBF cutoff values 
      (girls: PBF >or= 35%, boys: PBF >or= 25%) were used. However, the rates became 
      2.4%, 3.0% and 4.0% when BMI cutoff values of International Obesity Task Force 
      (IOTF) were used. Compared with PBF cutoff values for obesity, the IOTF 
      recommended BMI cutoff values had relatively lower sensitivity (7.3% - 18.9%) and 
      higher specificity (100%). CONCLUSION: BMI correlated well with PBF in Beijing 
      adolescent. IOTF-BMI cutoff values showed low sensitivity and high specificity to 
      Chinese adolescent which might be suitable for identifying obesity but not for 
      the purpose of screening.
FAU - Zhang, Qian
AU  - Zhang Q
AD  - The Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control 
      and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
FAU - Du, Wei-jing
AU  - Du WJ
FAU - Hu, Xiao-qi
AU  - Hu XQ
FAU - Liu, Ai-ling
AU  - Liu AL
FAU - Pan, Hui
AU  - Pan H
FAU - Ma, Guan-sheng
AU  - Ma GS
LA  - chi
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - China
TA  - Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
JT  - Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi
JID - 8208604
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adolescent Development/physiology
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Body Composition/*physiology
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - China/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Multivariate Analysis
MH  - Obesity/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Rural Population/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Suburban Population/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Urban Population/*statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2004/05/11 05:00
MHDA- 2004/07/30 05:00
CRDT- 2004/05/11 05:00
PHST- 2004/05/11 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/07/30 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/05/11 05:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2004 Feb;25(2):113-6.