Primary Validation of the Submandibular Skinfold as an Anthropometric Measurement of Cardiometabolic Risk in People with Intellectual Disabilities
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design and Participants
2.2. Cardiometabolic Risk
2.3. Statistic Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Total (n = 131) | Children (n = 43) | Adolescents (n = 39) | Adults (n = 49) | p Value |
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Age (years)—Average (SD) | 16 (7.2) | 8.2 (2.1) | 14.1 (1.5) | 23.2 (5.2) | |
Sex—n (%) | |||||
Women | 43 (32.8) | 12 (27.9) | 12 (30.8) | 19 (38.8) | |
Men | 88 (67.2) | 31 (72.1) | 27 (69.2) | 30 (61.2) | |
Anthropometry—Average (SD) | |||||
Body weight (kg) | 57.9 (23.1) | 35.3 (15.7) | 63.6 (21.4) | 69.2 (18.2) | <0.001 a** |
Height (cm) | 1.51 (0.1) | 1.33 (0.1) | 1.61 (0.1) | 1.58 (0.1) | <0.001 a** |
Neck circumference (cm) | 35.0 (5.7) | 30.0 (3.6) | 35.4 (3.9) | 38.0 (6.0) | <0.001 a** |
Submandibular fold (cm) | 0.85 (0.3) | 0.80 (0.3) | 0.85 (0.3) | 0.89 (0.4) | 0.628 |
Waist circumference (cm) | 79.1 (16.8) | 66.1 (13.6) | 79.0 (16.2) | 87.1 (15.1) | <0.001 b** |
Calf circumference (cm) | 32.8 (5.7) | 27.9 (5.4) | 33.7 (5.9) | 34.9 (4.5) | <0.001 a** |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.2 (6.8) | 18.8 (5.8) | 24.4 (6.4) | 27.8 (8.0) | <0.001 a** |
Waist–height ratio | 0.51 (0.1) | 0.49 (0.1) | 0.49 (0.0) | 0.55 (0.1) | <0.001 b** |
Variables | Total (n = 131) | Children (n = 43) | Adolescents (n = 39) | Adults (n = 49) | ||||
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Submandibular Fold (cm) | ||||||||
r | ICC | r | ICC | r | ICC | r | ICC | |
Body weight (kg) | 0.48 ** | 0.57 ** | 0.56 ** | 0.51 ** | ||||
Height (cm) | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.43 ** | 0.06 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.34 | 0.03 |
Neck circumference (cm) | 0.35 ** | 0.49 ** | 0.51 ** | 0.67 ** | 0.38 * | 0.55 ** | 0.31 * | 0.45 * |
Waist circumference (cm) | 0.53 b** | 0.39 ** | 0.58 b** | 0.50 * | 0.53 b** | 0.42 * | 0.56 b** | 0.44 * |
Calf circumference (cm) | −0.39 ** | 0.66 ** | 0.48 ** | 0.63 ** | 0.61 ** | 0.71 ** | 0.61 ** | 0.75 ** |
BMI (kg/m2) | 0.63 ** | 0.65 ** | 0.70 ** | 0.63 ** | ||||
Waist–height ratio | 0.62 b** | 0.54 b** | 0.60 b** | 0.70 b** |
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Ferrero-Hernández, P.; Farías-Valenzuela, C.; Ferrari, G.; Álvarez-Arangua, S.; Villalobos-Flores, H.; Valdivia-Moral, P. Primary Validation of the Submandibular Skinfold as an Anthropometric Measurement of Cardiometabolic Risk in People with Intellectual Disabilities. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1658. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031658
Ferrero-Hernández P, Farías-Valenzuela C, Ferrari G, Álvarez-Arangua S, Villalobos-Flores H, Valdivia-Moral P. Primary Validation of the Submandibular Skinfold as an Anthropometric Measurement of Cardiometabolic Risk in People with Intellectual Disabilities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(3):1658. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031658
Chicago/Turabian StyleFerrero-Hernández, Paloma, Claudio Farías-Valenzuela, Gerson Ferrari, Sebastián Álvarez-Arangua, Hans Villalobos-Flores, and Pedro Valdivia-Moral. 2023. "Primary Validation of the Submandibular Skinfold as an Anthropometric Measurement of Cardiometabolic Risk in People with Intellectual Disabilities" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 3: 1658. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031658