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Published in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | Research article

Trunk-to-peripheral fat ratio predicts a subsequent blood pressure in normal-weight pubertal boys: a 3-year follow-up of the Kitakata Kids Health Study

Authors: Katsuyasu Kouda, Masayuki Iki, Yuki Fujita, Harunobu Nakamura, Masami Hamada, Kazuhiro Uenishi, Mari Miyake, Toshimasa Nishiyama

Published in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Background

Limited evidence exists regarding the relationship between central-to-peripheral fat ratio measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and subsequent cardiometabolic risk in both pediatric and adult populations.

Methods

The present cohort study investigated the relationship between DXA-measured body fat distribution and cardiometabolic parameters. The source population was 275 4th–6th graders (aged 9.6–12.6 years) in the northeast region of Japan (Shiokawa area in Kitakata). A 3-year follow-up was conducted to obtain complete information from 155 normal-weight children (87 boys and 68 girls). Normal-weight children were identified using sex- and age-specific international cut-offs for body mass index (BMI) based on adult BMI values of 25 kg/m2 and 18.5 kg/m2, respectively. Body fat distribution was assessed using the trunk-to-appendicular fat ratio (TAR) and trunk-to-leg fat ratio (TLR) measured by DXA.

Results

In boys, systolic blood pressure (SBP) at follow-up showed a significant relationship with TAR at baseline after adjusting for age, height, pubic hair appearance, SBP, and whole body fat at baseline (β = 0.24, P < 0.05), and SBP also showed a significant relationship with TLR after adjusting for confounding factors including whole body fat (β = 0.25, P < 0.05). In girls, there were no significant relationships between blood pressure and TAR/TLR.

Conclusion

Body fat distribution in normal-weight boys predicted subsequent blood pressure levels in adolescence. The relationship between fat distribution and blood pressure was independent of fat volume.
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Metadata
Title
Trunk-to-peripheral fat ratio predicts a subsequent blood pressure in normal-weight pubertal boys: a 3-year follow-up of the Kitakata Kids Health Study
Authors
Katsuyasu Kouda
Masayuki Iki
Yuki Fujita
Harunobu Nakamura
Masami Hamada
Kazuhiro Uenishi
Mari Miyake
Toshimasa Nishiyama
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1342-078X
Electronic ISSN: 1347-4715
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-020-00878-1

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