INVESTIGADORES
ALFARO GOMEZ Emma Laura
artículos
Título:
Comparative study of mid-upper arm circumference, arm muscle area and arm fat area percentiles in Argentinean and US children aged 4-14 years.
Autor/es:
OYHENART EE; CASTRO LE; GARRAZA M; CESANI MF; TORRES MF; QUINTERO FA; DAHINTEN SL; ALFARO EL; BEJARANO IF; CARRILO RA; DIP NB; LOMAGLIO DB; MARRODAN MD; MENECIER N; NAVAZO B; ROMAN EM; ZONTA ML; DIPIERRI JE
Revista:
Nutricion Hospitalaria
Editorial:
ARAN Ediciones S.A.
Referencias:
Año: 2019 vol. 36 p. 552 - 562
Resumen:
Background: mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), subcutaneous fat and muscle measurements are an alternative method to diagnose overweight and evaluate growth as well as protein and energy reserves.Aim: to compare MUAC, arm muscle area (AMA) and arm fat area (AFA) measurements of Argentinean boys and girls (Sa) with reference curves for US boys and girls (R).Subjects and methods: data from 22,736 school-children aged 4-14 years from six Argentinean provinces were collected. MUAC and triceps skinfold thickness were measured and the derived AMA and AFA measures were calculated. Analyses were performed with GAMLSS using the R software. Differences in mean values of Sa and R were compared in percentiles 3, 50 and 97.Results: mean values of MUAC and AMA in boys and girls were higher in R than in Sa at all ages; conversely, AFA values were lower.Conclusions: our results confirm differences in upper arm anthropometry of Argentinean school-children with respect to the US reference. The higheradipose tissue and lower skeletal muscle mass observed in Argentinean children could be partly associated with the different ethnic origin of bothpopulations. However, differences should be interpreted in the context of an obesogenic environment, which has favored a calorie-protein imbalance