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KMID : 0869920080140020305
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Journal of Korean Academy Society of Nursing Education
2008 Volume.14 No. 2 p.305 ~ p.314
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Are the Economic and Convenient Anthropometric Estimations Reliable Tools for Assessing Body Fat of University Students?
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Kim Hack-Sun
Jun Myung-Hee
Park Young-Im
Uhm Dong-Choon
Kim Dal-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine whether anthropometric estimations can be reliable methods to assess body fat of university students, by identifying the relationship between anthropometric estimates, which have been thought to be not reliable but economic, and Bio-electric impedance analysis (BIA), which has been known to be reliable but expensive.
Method: Twenty-one male and 20 female university students were recruited. The in Body 3.0 scale and GIF-891DX were used for BIA. Body fat was estimated with 12 circumferences, 9 skin-fold thicknesses (SFT), and applying 4 equations (Kim’s, , Siri’s and Wilmore’s). Their relationships were examined by Pearson Correlation.
Result: 11 circumferences and 9 SFT in the male while 5 circumferences and 3 SFT in the female correlated with the body fat on BIA(p<05). The waist circumference had the strongest correlation to the BIA in both males and females. The abdomonial SFT for the male and scapular SFT for the female had the strongest relationship of SFT to BIA. Body fat estimated from more than two different equations significantly correlated with those measured from BIA (p<.05).
Conclusion: Anthropometric estimations could be a useful method to get reliable and valid data for body fat of the university students inexpensively.
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KEYWORD
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Obesity, Body fat distribution, Anthropometry, Student
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