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KMID : 0384320060270050352
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Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2006 Volume.27 No. 5 p.352 ~ p.357
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Relationship between Percent Body Fat and Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Normal Weight Adults
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Han Jee-Hye
Kim Seon-Mee
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Abstract
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Background: To investigate the relationship between adiposity and risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in normal weight individuals.
Methods: The study subjects were those over 19 years old, less than 23 kg/m2 of body mass index (BMI). They were examined in a health promotion center of a general
hospital from June to November, 2001 (309 men and 369 women). Height, weight, BMI, blood pressure (BP), serum lipids and fasting blood glucose (FBS) were checked.
Percent body percent (%BF) was obtained by bioelectrical method. Normal weight subjects were divided into two groups according to their %BF; then, the groups were
evaluated for the presence of CVD risk factors.
Results: The average age of the study subjects was 43.66 ±11.26 years old in men and 41.11±10.90 years old in women. The average BMI was 21.15±1.47 kg/m2 in men
and 20.68±1.53 kg/m2 in women. High %BF group showed significantly increased frequency of higher BP, FBS, total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG) and LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) compared with low %BF group in both sexes. In men, odds ratios (ORs) of the high %BF group with respect to the low %BF group were significantly high for BP and TG elevation. ORs of the high %BF group were significantly high for FBS, TC, LDL-C and TG elevation in women. ORs for more than one CVD risk factor was 2.46 (1.38∼4.38) in men and 1.50 (0.95∼ 2.36) in women.
Conclusion: Increased %BF was related to cardiovascular risk factors in normal weight subjects. The result was more significant for normal weight men than normal weight women. (J Korean Acad Fam Med 2006;27:352-357)
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KEYWORD
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normal weight, body mass index, percent body fat, cardiovascular risk factors
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