Body composition by dual X-ray absorptiometry in Mexican schoolchildren with or without obesity

O Cavazos, Manuel Enrique de la y Treviño Garza, Consuelo y Rodríguez Balderrama, Isaías y Villarreal Pérez, Jesús Zacarías y Elizondo Omaña, Rodrigo Enrique y Montes de Oca Luna, Roberto y Sánchez Gónzalez, S. y Cantú Moreno, Daniel y Rodríguez Calderon, P. y Argente Oliver, Jesús (2014) Body composition by dual X-ray absorptiometry in Mexican schoolchildren with or without obesity. Medicina universitaria, 16 (64). pp. 112-116. ISSN 1665-5796

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Objective: Apply dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to determine the amount of fat mass, lean mass, and bone mineral density in Mexican schoolchildren with and without obesity. Material and methods: We performed an observational, analytical, comparative, cross-sectional study of 80 Mexican schoolchildren who attended the Nutrition Clinic of the Pediatric Medical Center in Monterrey, Mexico during the period of January to April 2005. Body mass index (BMI) was determined to classify the participants according to the growth charts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two groups of 40 children each (with and without obesity) were formed and DXA was carried out on each individual. Cronbach’s Alpha was used to determine instrument reliability and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to test the normality of numerical variables. Means were compared using Student´s t test. Results: Statistically signiicant differences were found in fat mass (p≤0.001) and lean mass (p≤0.001), but not in bone mineral content (p=0.051) between both groups. Conclusions: Differences exist in fat mass and lean mass in both groups, but not in bone mineral content between both groups. A signiicant positive correlation was found between fat mass, determined by DXA, and BMI in schoolchildren with and without obesity

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