Trial reportBMC pregnancy and childbirth2013
Developing a tool for obtaining maternal skinfold thickness measurements and assessing inter-observer variability among pregnant women who are overweight and obese.
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- Environmental determinants of islet autoimmunity (ENDIA): a pregnancy to early life cohort study in children at-risk of type 1 diabetes.BMC pediatrics · 2013Trial
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- Anthropometric Measurements and Laboratory Methods for Pregnancy: An Update Review to Evaluation of Body Composition.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- Anthropometric measurements as predictors of nutritional status in black South African women during pregnancy.The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2025Observational
- Serum Levels of Adipolin and Adiponectin and Their Correlation with Perinatal Outcomes in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Reliability of a Novel Automated Ultrasound Technology for Body Composition Assessment and Comparisons with Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry.International journal of exercise science · 2023Article
- Effect of Exercise on the Resting Metabolic Rate and Substrate Utilization in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Results of a Pilot Study.Metabolites · 2022Article
- Elevated lipid oxidation is associated with exceeding gestational weight gain recommendations and increased neonatal anthropometrics: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Anthropometrical measurements and maternal visceral fat during first half of pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Metabolic flexibility is impaired in women who are pregnant and overweight/obese and related to insulin resistance and inflammation.Metabolism: clinical and experimental · 2020Article
- Differences in Pregnancy Metabolic Profiles and Their Determinants between White European and South Asian Women: Findings from the Born in Bradford Cohort.Metabolites · 2019Article
- Anthropometric and ultrasound measures of maternal adiposity in the first trimester of pregnancy.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2018Article
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- Yoga Practice for Reducing the Male Obesity and Weight Related Psychological Difficulties-A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
- Effect of Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy on Male Obesity and Psychological Parameters-A Randomised Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is estimated that between 34% and 50% of Australian women entering pregnancy are overweight and obese, which is associated with an increased risk in complications for both the woman and her infant. Current tools used in clinical and research practice for measuring body composition include body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and bioimpedance analysis. Not all of these measures are applicable for use during pregnancy due to a lack of differentiation between maternal and fetal contributions. While skinfold thickness measurement (SFTM) is increasingly being used in pregnancy, there is limited data and a lack of a standard tool for its use in overweight and obese pregnant women.
methodsWe developed a standard tool for evaluating SFTM among women with a BMI≥25 kg/m2. Forty-nine women were measured as part of a prospective cohort study nested within a multicentre randomised controlled trial (The LIMIT Randomised Controlled Trial). Two blinded observers each performed 2 skinfold measurements on the biceps, triceps and subscapular of each woman. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and standard error of measurement (SEM) were used to analyse SFTM, body fat percentage (BF%) and inter-observer variability.
resultsThe ICC for inter-observer variability in measurements were considered moderate for biceps SFTM (ICC=0.56) and triceps SFTM (ICC=0.51); good for subscapular SFTM (ICC=0.71) and BF% (ICC=0.74); and excellent for arm circumference (ICC=0.97). The standard error of measurements ranged from 0.53 cm for arm circumference to 3.58 mm for the subscapular SFTM.
conclusionOur findings indicate that arm circumference and biceps, triceps and subscapular SFTM can be reliably obtained from overweight and obese pregnant women to calculate BF%, using multiple observers, and can be used in a research setting.
trial registrationAustralian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12607000161426.
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