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March 4, 2011Obesity1,001 citationsOpen Access

A Better Index of Body Adiposity

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Why the study?

Does the Body Adiposity Index (BAI) accurately estimate %body fat compared to DXA in adult men and women?

Population

Adult men and women from the 'BetaGene' study and African Americans from the 'Triglyceride and…

Comparison

Body Adiposity Index calculated from hip… vs Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry derived %body fat

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

RBRichard N. BergmanDSDarko StefanovskiTBThomas A. Buchanan

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Overview

Strong DXA concordance supports BAI validation; leaves open prospective outcome studies before clinical use.

Structured PICO

Does the Body Adiposity Index (BAI) accurately estimate %body fat compared to DXA in adult men and women?

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Population
Adult men and women from the 'BetaGene' study (development cohort) and African Americans from the 'Triglyceride and Cardiovascular Risk in African-Americans (TARA)' study (validation cohort)
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Intervention
Body Adiposity Index (BAI) calculated from hip circumference and height
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Comparator
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) derived %body fat
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Outcome
Correlation and concordance between BAI and DXA-derived %body fatsurrogate

The newly defined Body Adiposity Index (BAI) accurately estimates percentage body fat using only hip circumference and height, offering a practical alternative to BMI.

Cite This Study

Bergman et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d73d32aa68b335b4f3099ehttps://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2011.38
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