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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 81, 2363-2369, Copyright © 1996 by Endocrine Society

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Body composition in normal black women: the four-compartment model

JF Aloia, A Vaswani, R Ma and E Flaster
Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York Brookhaven National Laboratories, Upton 11501, USA.

The four-compartment model of body composition was studied in 112 healthy black women to develop normative data to be used to assess deviations in illness. Each compartment was measured by an independent method: tritiated water dilution, prompt-gamma neutron activation analysis (for nitrogen), inelastic neutron scattering (for carbon) and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (for calcium). The mean age of the population was 43.2 years. Race was self-declared. The mean values for the four compartments were [kg SE] protein: 9.6 (0.07); mineral 3.0 (0.03); fat 24.2 (0.70); and water 33.1 (0.29). Each of the compartments changed significantly with age (P < .0001). There were declines in total body water, mineral, and protein, whereas fat increased linearly with age. Linear regressions performed on pre- and postmenopausal women showed a significant difference only for the mineral compartment. Various models were fit to the data to adjust for body size and age. The equation y = age + height + weight fits the data as well as the other models. Equations and graphs were developed to assess each compartment using this linear model and may be used to assess the body composition status of healthy and ill black women. Although black women tended to be heavier than white women, after controlling for differences in body weight (and age) black women had a greater mass of protein, mineral, and water and a similar fat store. These differences, while statistically significant, were not of great magnitude. This was a cross-sectional study and suspected trends with aging must be confirmed by a longitudinal study.


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