@misc{10481/48489,
year = {2017},
month = {9},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/48489},
abstract = {The aim of this study is to investigate the accuracy of body adiposity index (BAI) as a convenient tool for assessing body fat percentage (BF%) in a sample of adults with overweight/obesity using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). The study population was composed of 96 volunteers (60% female, mean age 40.6 ± 7.5 years old). Anthropometric characteristics (body mass index, height, waist-to-height ratio, hip and waist circumference), socioeconomic status, and diet were assessed, and BF% was measured by BIA-BF% and by BAI-BF%. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the correlation between BAI-BF% and BF% assessed by BIA-BF%, while controlling for potential confounders. The concordance between the BF% measured by both methods was obtained with a paired sample t-test, Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient, and Bland-Altman plot analysis. Overall, the correlation between BF% obtained by BIA-BF% and estimated by BAI-BF% was r = 0.885, p < 0.001, after adjusting for potential confounders (age, socioeconomic status, and diet). Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient was moderate in both sexes. In the men, the paired t-test showed a significant mean difference in BF% between the methods (−5.6 (95% CI −6.4 to −4.8); p < 0.001). In the women, these differences were (−3.6 (95% CI −4.7 to −2.5); p < 0.001). Overall, the bias of the BAI-BF% was −4.8 ± 3.2 BF%; p < 0.001), indicating that the BAI-BF% method significantly underestimated the BF% in comparison with the reference method. In adults with overweight/obesity, the BAI presents low agreement with BF% measured by BIA-BF%; therefore, we conclude that BIA-BF% is not accurate in either sex when body fat percentage levels are low or high. Further studies are necessary to confirm our findings in different ethnic groups.},
organization = {This study forms part of the project entitled “High Intensity Interval- vs. Resistance or Combined- Training to Improve Cardiometabolic Health in Overweight Adults: Cardiometabolic HIIT-RT Study ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NTC02715063”, funded by the Centre for Studies on Measurement of Physical Activity, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario (Code N° FIUR DN-BG001).},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Prediction},
keywords = {Obesity},
keywords = {Adults},
keywords = {Body composition},
keywords = {Validity},
title = {The Role of Body Adiposity Index in Determining Body Fat Percentage in Colombian Adults with Overweight or Obesity},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph14101093},
author = {Ramírez-Vélez, Robinson and Correa-Bautista, Jorge Enrique and González-Ruiz, Katherine and Tordecilla-Sanders, Alejandra and García-Hermoso, Antonio and Schmidt Río Valle, Jacqueline and González Jiménez, Emilio},
}