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2787108

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-8-4
pubmed:abstractText
Skewness in the distribution of body mass index in a population of Danish men (n = 1,589) and women (n = 1,988) adopted in Copenhagen between 1923 and 1947 can be explained by mixture of three component distributions, after removing age and sex effects. Even when residual skewness was allowed for in component distributions, similar results were obtained. The upper component distributions corresponded to extreme overweight in both women and men. The results indicate that while there are differences in the means and ranges of body mass index in men and women, the component distributions are similar. Both genetic and environmental factors can produce such component distributions. The authors speculate that the underlying predisposition to obesity is distributed similarly in women and men. Finally, on the basis of the component distributions, the authors propose thresholds of body mass index which allow for 85-98 per cent separation of moderate and extreme overweight groups in men and women.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
130
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-201
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Component distributions of body mass index defining moderate and extreme overweight in Danish women and men.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't