Primary Validation of the Submandibular Skinfold as an Anthropometric Measurement of Cardiometabolic Risk in People with Intellectual Disabilities

Paloma Ferrero-Hernández, Claudio Farías-Valenzuela, Gerson Ferrari, Sebastián Álvarez-Arangua, Hans Villalobos-Flores and Pedro Valdivia-Moral ()
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Paloma Ferrero-Hernández: Facultad de Educación y Cultura, Universidad SEK, Santiago 7520318, Chile
Claudio Farías-Valenzuela: Instituto del Deporte, Universidad de las Américas, Santiago 9170022, Chile
Gerson Ferrari: Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 9170022, Chile
Sebastián Álvarez-Arangua: Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Science, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 7591538, Chile
Hans Villalobos-Flores: Functional Movement, Santiago 8320000, Chile
Pedro Valdivia-Moral: Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Body Expression, Faculty of Education, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: The accumulation of body fat is an important cardiometabolic risk factor; however, there is no consensus about which measure is more reliable for the assessment of cardiometabolic risk in people with intellectual disabilities. The aim of the present study was to primarily validate the submandibular skinfold as an anthropometric measurement of cardiometabolic risk in children, adolescents, and adults with intellectual disabilities, using a cross-sectional study made up of 131 people (67.2% men) with mild and moderate intellectual disability. The cardiometabolic risk indicators used were: body mass index (kg/m 2 ), neck circumference (cm), waist circumference (cm), calf circumference (cm) and waist-to-height ratio. Moderate correlations were demonstrated between the submandibular skinfold measure and the anthropometric measurements analyzed in the three age categories, showing the highest correlation (r = 0.70) between the submandibular skinfold and BMI in the adolescent group and waist-to-height ratio in adults. The implementation of the submandibular skinfold measurement is suggested as an easy, fast, and minimally invasive anthropometric measurement as part of the physical and nutritional evaluation for the assessment of cardiometabolic risk in people with intellectual disabilities.

Keywords: intellectual disability; cardiometabolic risk; obesity; anthropometric measurements; BMI; submandibular skinfold (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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