Screening for obesity in affluent females: body mass index and its comparison with skin fold thickness.
Indian J Public Health
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1998 Apr-Jun; 42(2): 37-41
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-110467
ABSTRACT
In the present study 625 females above 15 years of age residing in affluent localities of Varanasi city were selected by multi-stage stratified random sampling technique. Body Mass Index (BMI) and Skin-Fold Thickness (SFT) were compared as indices of obesity. Prevalence of obesity by BMI and SFT was 30.24 and 49.12 respectively. SFT gave significantly higher prevalence rate of obesity as compared to BMI. It is possible that western population based SFT cut-off points may not be truly applicable to Indian study. The sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of 'sum of SFT at four sites' were calculated at different cut-off points, and it was observed, that values > or = 90 mm is the best cut-off point instead of 80 mm, for detecting obesity in the Indian context.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Skinfold Thickness
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Social Class
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Female
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Humans
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Body Mass Index
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Mass Screening
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Prevalence
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Adolescent
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Adult
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Screening study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Public Health
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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