The Anthropometric Measure ‘A Body Shape Index’ May Predict the Risk of Osteoporosis in Middle-Aged and Older Korean People

Bokun Kim, Gwon-min Kim, Eonho Kim, Joonsung Park, Tomonori Isobe, Yutaro Mori and Sechang Oh
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Bokun Kim: Department of Kinesiology, Silla University, Busan 46958, Korea
Gwon-min Kim: Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan 49241, Korea
Eonho Kim: Department of Physical Education, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea
Joonsung Park: Department of Kinesiology, Silla University, Busan 46958, Korea
Tomonori Isobe: Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
Yutaro Mori: Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
Sechang Oh: Faculty of Rehabilitation, R Professional University of Rehabilitation, Ibaraki 300-0032, Japan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-11

Abstract: A body shape index (ABSI) is a recently introduced index of abdominal adiposity, relative to body mass index and height, and represents an alternative to body mass index and waist circumference. We aimed to determine whether ABSI is associated with osteoporosis and the ability of ABSI to predict osteoporosis, to investigate the relationship between obesity and osteoporosis In total, 6717 Korean participants (3151 men and 3566 women; 63.6 ± 8.5 years) were recruited and placed into the Normal, Osteopenia, or Osteoporosis groups on the basis of the minimum T-scores of the lumbar spine, proximal femur, and femoral neck. The T-scores of each region and ABSI were compared among the groups and odds ratios and cut-off values of ABSI for osteoporosis were calculated. In participants of both sexes, ABSI tended to increase as bone health deteriorated. The men and women in the highest quartile of ABSI were 1.887 and 2.808 times more likely to have osteoporosis, respectively, and the potential ABSI cut-off values for osteoporosis were 0.0813 and 0.0874 for male and female participants, respectively. These findings suggest that augmentation of ABSI and obesity is associated with a higher risk of osteoporosis and that ABSI may predict the risk of osteoporosis.

Keywords: a body shape index; obesity; osteoporosis; geriatrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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