Evaluation of segmental body composition by gender in obese children using bioelectric impedance analysis method

Volume: 42 Number: 4 January 8, 2016
  • İhsan Çetin
  • Sabahattin Muhtaroğlu
  • Birsen Yılmaz
  • Selim Kurtoğlu

Evaluation of segmental body composition by gender in obese children using bioelectric impedance analysis method

Abstract

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate segmental body composition of children diagnosed with obesity using bioelectrical impedance analysis method in terms of different gender.

Methods: 48 children, aged between 6-15 years, 21 of whom were boys while 27 were girls, diagnosed with obesity in Erciyes University Medical Faculty Department of Pediatric Endocrinology Outpatient Clinic were included in our study from April to June in 2011. Those over 95 percentile were defined as obese group. Tanita BC-418 device was used to analyze the body composition.

Results: As a result of bioelectrical impedance analysis, lean body mass and body muscle mass were found to be statistically significantly higher in obese girls compared with obese boys. However, lean mass of the left arm, left leg muscle mass and basal metabolic rate were found to be statistically significantly lower in obese girls compared with obese boys.

Conclusion: Consequently, it may be suggest that segmental analysis, where gender differences are taken into account, can provide proper exercise pattern and healthy way of weight loss in children for prevention of obesity and associated diseases including obesity and type 2 diabetics and cardiovascular diseases.

Key words: Obesity, childhood obesity, body composition, bioelectrical impedance analysis

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İhsan Çetin This is me

Sabahattin Muhtaroğlu This is me

Birsen Yılmaz This is me

Selim Kurtoğlu This is me

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January 8, 2016

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January 8, 2016

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Year 2015 Volume: 42 Number: 4

APA
Çetin, İ., Muhtaroğlu, S., Yılmaz, B., & Kurtoğlu, S. (2016). Evaluation of segmental body composition by gender in obese children using bioelectric impedance analysis method. Dicle Medical Journal, 42(4), 449-454. https://doi.org/10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2015.04.0607
AMA
1.Çetin İ, Muhtaroğlu S, Yılmaz B, Kurtoğlu S. Evaluation of segmental body composition by gender in obese children using bioelectric impedance analysis method. Dicle Medical Journal. 2016;42(4):449-454. doi:10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2015.04.0607
Chicago
Çetin, İhsan, Sabahattin Muhtaroğlu, Birsen Yılmaz, and Selim Kurtoğlu. 2016. “Evaluation of Segmental Body Composition by Gender in Obese Children Using Bioelectric Impedance Analysis Method”. Dicle Medical Journal 42 (4): 449-54. https://doi.org/10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2015.04.0607.
EndNote
Çetin İ, Muhtaroğlu S, Yılmaz B, Kurtoğlu S (January 1, 2016) Evaluation of segmental body composition by gender in obese children using bioelectric impedance analysis method. Dicle Medical Journal 42 4 449–454.
IEEE
[1]İ. Çetin, S. Muhtaroğlu, B. Yılmaz, and S. Kurtoğlu, “Evaluation of segmental body composition by gender in obese children using bioelectric impedance analysis method”, Dicle Medical Journal, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 449–454, Jan. 2016, doi: 10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2015.04.0607.
ISNAD
Çetin, İhsan - Muhtaroğlu, Sabahattin - Yılmaz, Birsen - Kurtoğlu, Selim. “Evaluation of Segmental Body Composition by Gender in Obese Children Using Bioelectric Impedance Analysis Method”. Dicle Medical Journal 42/4 (January 1, 2016): 449-454. https://doi.org/10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2015.04.0607.
JAMA
1.Çetin İ, Muhtaroğlu S, Yılmaz B, Kurtoğlu S. Evaluation of segmental body composition by gender in obese children using bioelectric impedance analysis method. Dicle Medical Journal. 2016;42:449–454.
MLA
Çetin, İhsan, et al. “Evaluation of Segmental Body Composition by Gender in Obese Children Using Bioelectric Impedance Analysis Method”. Dicle Medical Journal, vol. 42, no. 4, Jan. 2016, pp. 449-54, doi:10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2015.04.0607.
Vancouver
1.İhsan Çetin, Sabahattin Muhtaroğlu, Birsen Yılmaz, Selim Kurtoğlu. Evaluation of segmental body composition by gender in obese children using bioelectric impedance analysis method. Dicle Medical Journal. 2016 Jan. 1;42(4):449-54. doi:10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2015.04.0607

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