SynthesisFrontiers in endocrinology2021
Tri-Ponderal Mass Index as a Screening Tool for Identifying Body Fat and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.
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- Beyond Weight Loss: Early Real-World Evidence of Semaglutide in Obesity.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Contribution of genetic and environmental factors to obesity indices and their overlap.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Article
- The Predictive Value of the Triponderal Mass Index in Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity.Journal of clinical practice and research · 2025Article
- From BMI to TMI: revisiting adiposity and fitness assessment in young active adults through a historical and contemporary lens.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Tri-ponderal mass index and left ventricular hypertrophy in a cohort of caucasian children and adolescents with obesity.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- The Association Between Obesity Measures and Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Korean Adolescents Aged 10-18 Years.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Investigating the efficiency of novel indicators in predicting risk of metabolic syndrome in the Iranian adult population.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Associations between tri-ponderal mass index, body mass index, and high blood pressure among children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Comparison of Several Anthropometric Indices Related to Body Fat in Predicting Cardiorespiratory Fitness in School-Aged Children-A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Tri-ponderal mass index as a screening tool for obesity prediction in children aged 6-9 years.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Combined training in addition to cortisol reduction can improve the mental health of girls with precocious puberty and obesity.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- A performance review of novel adiposity indices for assessing insulin resistance in a pediatric Latino population.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Comparisons of tri-ponderal mass index and body mass index in discriminating hypertension at three separate visits in adolescents: A retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Evaluation of tri-ponderal mass index in predicting metabolic associated fatty liver disease in obese children.Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric SocietyArticle
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Abstract
Because of the limitation of body mass index (BMI) in distinguishing adipose mass from muscle, the tri-ponderal mass index (TMI) has been proposed as a new indicator for better assessing adiposity in children and adolescents. However, it remains unclear whether TMI performs better than BMI or other adiposity indices in predicting obesity status in childhood and obesity-related cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) in childhood or adulthood. We searched PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science for eligible publications until June 15, 2021. A total of 32 eligible studies were included in this systematic review. We found that TMI had a similar or better ability to predict body fat among children and adolescents than BMI. However, most of the included studies suggested that TMI was similar to BMI in identifying metabolic syndrome although TMI was suggested to be a useful tool when used in combination with other indicators (e.g., BMI and waist circumference). In addition, limited evidence showed that TMI did not perform better than BMI for identifying specific CVRFs, including insulin resistance, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and inflammation in children and adolescents, as well as CVRFs in adults. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero, CRD42021260356.
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