Total and regional body composition across age in healthy Hispanic and white women of similar socioeconomic status
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Background Indirect measures of body composition suggest that Hispanic women have an excess prevalence of overweight and obesity compared with white women. Socioeconomic status (SES) is a potentially confounding factor in such studies.Objective Our aim was to determine whether Hispanic ethnicity is associated with higher total and regional adiposity and lower fat-free mass (FFM) in healthy women across the adult age range.Design We used a prospective cross-sectional design to examine total and regional body composition in 54 Hispanic women (primarily of Mexican descent) and 56 white women of similar SES.Results The groups were not significantly different in mean age, body mass, or SES, although the Hispanic women were shorter (P<0.05). Body mass index (in kg/m(2); 25.2+/-0.5 compared with 23.9+/-0.5; P<0.05), percentage body fat (38.4+/-0.8% compared with 34.9+/-1.3%; P<0.05), and total fat mass (25.0+/-1.0 compared with 23.0+/-1.2 kg; P = 0.10) were or tended to be higher in the Hispanic women. The greater total adiposity of the Hispanic women was primarily the result of higher percentage fat and fat mass in the trunk (P<0.05); within the trunk region, abdominal and subscapular skinfold thicknesses were 30-40% greater in the Hispanic women (P<0.01). Total FFM was slightly but significantly lower in the Hispanic women (38.9+/-0.6 compared with 40.9+/-0.6 kg; P = 0.01), primarily because of a smaller FFM in the trunk region (P<0.05).Conclusion Among healthy women, Hispanic (Mexican American) ethnicity may be associated with modestly higher levels of adiposity and slightly lower amounts of FFM overall and in the trunk region in particular.
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Hispanic women have higher adiposity levels than white women, with a higher amount of fat in the trunk and greater abdominal and subscapular thicknesses.
“They found that Hispanic women have higher adiposity levels than white women. This difference reflected a higher amount of fat in the trunk. Further, abdominal and subscapular thicknesses were greater in Hispanic than in white women.”
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- Casas, Y. G., Schiller, B. C., DeSouza, C. A., & Seals, D. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Venue
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-01
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 13-18
- ISSN
- 0002-9165 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1789177142
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 2.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (1r03ag016387-01)
- National Institute on Aging (AG-13038, R01 AG-06537, R03 AG-16387, R01AG006537)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Keywords
- body composition, Hispanic women, Mexican American women, adiposity, fat-free mass, regional adiposity, trunk fat, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, skinfold thickness, body mass index, healthy women
- MeSH terms
- Adipose Tissue, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Body Composition, Colorado, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Mexico, Middle Aged, Obesity, Prospective Studies, Social Class, Body Mass Index, Prevalence, White People
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