Relationship between BMI and body fatness in three European countries.

To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. Body fatness and heart disease risk factors can differ considerably between ethnities for a given body mass index (BMI). Information is lacking on differences between various Caucas...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Main Authors: Ramel, A, Halldorsson, T I, Tryggvadottir, E A, Martinez, J A, Kiely, M, Bandarra, N M, Thorsdottir, I
Other Authors: Univ Iceland, Univ Hosp, Landspitali, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland Univ Iceland, Fac Food Sci & Nutr, Unit Nutr Res, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland Univ Navarra, Dept Physiol & Nutr, Navarra, Spain Natl Univ Ireland Univ Coll Cork, Dept Food & Nutr Sci, Cork, Ireland Natl Res Inst Agr & Fisheries Res, Lisbon, Portugal
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Subjects:
Adipose Tissue
Adult
Blood Glucose
Body Composition
Body Mass Index
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cholesterol
European Continental Ancestry Group
Fasting
Female
Humans
Iceland
Insulin
Insulin Resistance
Intervention Studies
Ireland
Linear Models
Male
Motor Activity
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Risk Factors
Spain
Triglycerides
Waist Circumference
Young Adult
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/317148
https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2013.6
Description
Summary:To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. Body fatness and heart disease risk factors can differ considerably between ethnities for a given body mass index (BMI). Information is lacking on differences between various Caucasian populations within Europe. The aim was to investigate the differences in anthropometrics and risk factors between adults from Iceland, Spain and Ireland. This was a secondary analysis of the baseline data from the SEAFOODplus YOUNG intervention study, in which 324 subjects (20-40 years, BMI 27.5-32.5 kg/m(2), from Iceland, Spain and Ireland) participated. Fasting glucose, insulin, blood lipids and body compossition were measured, insulin resistance was calculated using the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance. Although age and BMI did not differ between Spanish, Irish and Icelandic subjects, Irish subjects had significantly higher waist circumference (3.2 and 6.7 cm) and body fat percentage (4.4 and 2.0%) compared with Icelandic and Spanish participants, respectively. Irish participants had also more unfavorable cardio-metabolic risk factors compared with Spanish and Icelandic subjects. However, correction for waist attenuated the observed differences considerably, in particular for total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein and triglycerides. Despite having near identical BMI and age, our results show that study participants from different populations within Europe differ considerably in cardio-metabolic risk factors, partly due to differences in body fat distribution. European Commission FOOD-CT-2004-506359 EU Commission

Similar Items