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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 55, 1033-1044, Copyright © 1992 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc


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Absolute fat mass, percent body fat, and body-fat distribution: which is the real determinant of blood pressure and serum glucose?

D Spiegelman, RG Israel, C Bouchard and WC Willett
Department of Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111.

Associations of body mass index (BMI), absolute fat mass, percent body fat, and regional fat distribution with concentrations of fasting blood glucose and blood pressure were examined cross-sectionally in 1551 men and women aged 15-79 y from two study centers. Measurements included height, weight, multiple skinfold thicknesses, body density by underwater weighing, and waist and hip girths. Three principal findings emerged: 1) Absolute overall body mass and fat mass were stronger predictors of blood pressure and blood glucose than were relative fat mass, after age, height, and current cigarette-smoking status were adjusted for; 2) when diastolic blood pressure and serum glucose were used as the external validity criteria, densitometry was not a "gold standard" for body composition associated with risk for increased blood pressure and serum glucose; and 3) BMI was as good a predictor of blood pressure and glucose as was any other measure of body fat in nearly all analyses.


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