Body mass abdominal index: a new index for a diposity among pre-school children

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  • Subal Das Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal
  • Kaushik Bose Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore? 721 102, West Bengal,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/imcj.v5i1.9854

Keywords:

Pre-school children, body mass index, body mass abdominal index, India

Abstract

The new index Body Mass Abdominal Index (BMAI) has been derived by combining two separate indices – weight for height and waist for height ratios. Our study investigated the relationship of common indicators of abdominal adiposity – waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), waist-height ratio (WHTR), conicity index (CI) and newly proposed body mass abdominal index (BMAI) with body mass index (BMI) among 347 pre-school children of Purulia District, India. Results showed that significant correlations were observed for all adiposity measures except WHR. A noteworthy point was that the correlations were strongest (p < 0.01) with BMAI (boys: r = 0.863, girls: r = 0.863). The correlations of BMAI with BMI were similar in both sexes. In conclusion, our results indicate that the new index BMAI has a distinct advantage as it relates much strongly with overall adiposity (BMI) than the other commonly used indicators of adiposity.

Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2011; 5(1): 9-12

Key Words: Pre-school children; body mass index; body mass abdominal index; India.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/imcj.v5i1.9854  

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Das, S., & Bose, K. (2012). Body mass abdominal index: a new index for a diposity among pre-school children. Ibrahim Medical College Journal, 5(1), 9–12. https://doi.org/10.3329/imcj.v5i1.9854

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