masterThesis
Percentiles de grasa corporal por bioimpedancia eléctrica en niños y adolescentes de Bogotá, Colombia: Estudio FUPRECOL
Fecha
2015Autor
Escobar-Cardozo, Germán-David
Institución
Resumen
Objective: Recently, various devices have been proposed bioelectrical impedance (BIA) for the rapid estimation of body fat. However, no references have been published body fat for children and adolescents in Colombian population. The aim of this study was to establish percentiles of body fat by BIA in children and adolescents from Bogotá, Colombia from 9 to 17. 9 years, belonging to FUPRECOL study. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in 2, 526 children and 3, 324 adolescents between 9 and 17. 9 years of age, belonging to official educational institutions in Bogotá, Colombia. The percentage of body fat was measured Tanita® Body Composition Analyzer (Model BF-689), by age and sex. Measures of weight, height, waist circumference, hip circumference and sexual maturation status of self-report were taken. percentiles (P3, P10, P25, P50, P75, P90 and P97) and centiles for the LMS method curves were calculated by sex and age and comparing the observed values of CC was performed with international standards. Results: values of body fat percentage and percentile curves are presented. In most age groups the body fat of the girls was higher than boys. Subjects whose body fat percentage was above the 90th percentile of the standard normal distribution were considered to have a high cardiovascular risk (boys and girls from 23. 4 to 28. 3 from 31. 0 to 34. 1). In general, our body fat percentages were lower than the values of Turkey, Germany, Greece, Spain and the UK. Conclusions: the percentage of fat percentiles are presented by age and sex BIA that reference may be used in assessing the nutritional status and cardiovascular risk prediction from an early age