Abstract
Little has been reported on the association of derived body composition data and cardiovascular mortality. The authors defined body composition profiles based on one- and two-variable measures from dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) total body scans. Scan results are labeled "apple" if Z score for percent of total fat in trunk is >0 and "pear" if Z score for height-corrected limb fat is > or = 0. The fat measures were combined to define four body composition profiles: "pickle," "avocado," "mango," and "barrel." A third axis, the Z score of height-corrected limb lean tissue, is an index of skeletal muscle mass and was used to label subjects as "hard" or "soft." Subjects (n=324) who were in good health from Malmö, Sweden, underwent body composition analysis using DXA and were followed for 10 years. The distribution of body composition profiles was similar for both genders and across age groups. Among subjects aged 50-74 years at baseline (n=116), there were 21 deaths. Barrel had the highest mortality rate: 13/39 (33.3%) mortality for barrels, compared with 8/77 (10.4%) mortality for non-barrels; mortality odds ratio, 3.2; 95% confidence interval, 1.45-7.08. The increased mortality was principally attributable to cardiovascula...Continue Reading
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