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Body silhouettes as a tool to reflect obesity in the past

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Life course data on obesity may enrich the quality of
                epidemiologic studies analysing health consequences of obesity.
                However, achieving such data may require substantial resources.
                We investigated the use of body silhouettes in adults as a tool
                to reflect obesity in the past. We used large population-based
                samples to analyse to what extent self-reported body silhouettes
                correlated with the previously measured (9-23 years) body mass
                index (BMI) from both measured (European Community Respiratory
                Health Survey, N = 3 041) and self-reported (Respiratory Health
                In Northern Europe study, N = 3 410) height and weight. We
                calculated Spearman correlation between BMI and body silhouettes
                and ROC-curve analyses for identifying obesity (BMI >/=30) at
                ages 30 and 45 years. Spearman correlations between measured BMI
                age 30 (+/-2y) or 45 (+/-2y) and body silhouettes in women and
                men were between 0.62-0.66 and correlations for self-reported
                BMI were between 0.58-0.70. The area under the curve for
                identification of obesity at age 30 using body silhouettes vs
                previously measured BMI at age 30 (+/-2y) was 0.92 (95% CI 0.87,
                0.97) and 0.85 (95% CI 0.75, 0.95) in women and men,
                respectively; for previously self-reported BMI, 0.92 (95% CI
                0.88, 0.95) and 0.90 (95% CI 0.85, 0.96). Our study suggests
                that body silhouettes are a useful epidemiological tool,
                enabling retrospective differentiation of obesity and
                non-obesity in adult women and men.

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Reproducció del document publicat a:
                http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195697

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Body silhouettes as a tool to reflect obesity in the past