Body composition and anthropometry in Japanese and Australian Caucasian males and Japanese females
The total amount and location of fat deposition are important factors in the development of obesity and the metabolic syndrome. To date there have been no reported studies of ethnic and gender differences in body composition and fat distribution patterns in Japanese and Australian young adults. The aim of this study was to assess body composition of young Japanese and Australian Caucasian adults using whole-body dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and anthropometry to examine body fat deposition patterns. Body composition of 45 Japanese males and 42 Australian Caucasian males living in Australia (aged 18-40 years) and 139 Japanese females living in Japan (aged 18-27 years) were measured using whole-body DXA scanning and anthropometry.Differences in relationships between BMI and waist circumference (WC), sum of skinfolds (∑SF) and ％BF obtained from DXA were assessed using multivariate analyses. Distinct gender and ethnic differences (p＜0.05) in bone density and waist circumference were observed but no gender differences in BMI and bone mineral content and no ethnic differences in sum of skinfolds and ％BF. Both Japanese males and females showed a greater ％BF at given BMI, WC and ∑SF values (p＜0.05). The results indicate differences in relationships between ％BF and anthropometric measures in young Japanese compared to Caucasians and the importance of population-specific cut-offpoints for these indices. These findings also have implications for the development of chronic disease and further research, including studies in other Asian countries, is recommended.
body composition DXA anthropometry Japanese Australians
Masaharu Kagawa Colin W.Binns Andrew P.Hills
ATN Centre for Metabolic Fitness, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Human Mov School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
国际会议
国际营养科学联盟第八届临床营养学大会暨第五届亚太临床营养学会大会
杭州
英文
31-36
2006-10-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）