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ArticleCureus2023

Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Body Fat Percentage in a Group of Indian Participants: A Cross-Sectional Study From a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Raiza Rai, Tamoghna Ghosh, Sunil Jangra, Shweta Sharma, Sujata Panda, Kanwal P Kochhar

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raiza RaiDepartment of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, IND.
Tamoghna GhoshDepartment of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, IND.
Sunil JangraDepartment of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, IND.
Shweta SharmaDepartment of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, IND.
Sujata PandaDepartment of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, IND.
Kanwal P KochharDepartment of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, IND.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Body mass index (BMI) is an important indicator of overweight and obesity. Unlike BMI, body fat percentage (BF%) can be utilized to estimate body composition regardless of weight and height. The association between BMI and BF%, as well as the impact of age and gender, may help estimate the prevalence of obesity more clearly. This study aimed to assess the relationship between BMI and BF%, examine the effect of age and gender on this relationship, and establish the linearity/curvilinearity of this relationship. Methodology The body composition analysis of 1,150 participants in various institutional events (institution foundation day) during 2019 and 2023 was performed using the Accuniq bio-electrical impedance analyzer (BIA) (Accuniq, Netherlands). The participants included undergraduate, postgraduate medical, and PhD students, as well as employees of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Age groups were categorized as under 17 years, young adults (18-25 years), adults (26-44 years), middle-aged adults (45-59 years), and older adults (≥60 years). Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) was used for analyzing the relationship between BMI and BF%. To assess the effect of age and gender on this relationship, multiple regression analysis was applied, and polynomial regression was applied to test its linearity. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 25 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Results Males made up a larger proportion of the participants (56.3%; 647). The mean age of the participants was 36.5 ± 13.6 years. The mean BMI and BF% were 24.7 ± 4.0 kg/m

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body mass index (bmi )community obesitynutrition and metabolismoverweight and obesitypercent body fat

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PMID38021794
PMCPMC10676745
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