TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavioral variables and development of a central pattern of body fat from adolescence into adulthood in normal-weight whites
T2 - the Amsterdam Growth and Health Study
AU - van Lenthe, F J
AU - van Mechelen, W
AU - Kemper, H C
AU - Post, G B
PY - 1998/5
Y1 - 1998/5
N2 - Associations were investigated between the amount of physical activity, energy and macronutrient intake, smoking behavior, alcohol intake, and a central pattern of body fat (subscapular skinfold thickness and waist circumference) measured six times between the mean ages of 13 and 27 y in a healthy white population. Subjects (84 males, 98 females) were participants in the longitudinal Amsterdam Growth and Health Study. In longitudinal analyses, alcohol intake was positively associated with the subscapular skinfold thickness (beta = 0.09, 95% CI: 0.01, 0.16) in males. In females, the subscapular skinfold thickness was negatively associated with physical activity (beta = -0.10. 95% CI: -0.15, -0.05) and, unexpectedly, energy intake (beta = -0.25, 95% CI: -0.31,-0.19), whereas a positive association was found with carbohydrate intake (beta = 0.09. 95% CI: 0.02, 0.16). In both sexes, the mean value of behavioral variables, obtained from the mean value in adolescence and the values obtained at 21 and 27 y of age was not significantly associated with the subscapular skinfold thickness or waist circumference at the mean age of 27 y, except for a small positive association between physical activity and the subscapular skinfold thickness in males (R2 = 2.3%).
AB - Associations were investigated between the amount of physical activity, energy and macronutrient intake, smoking behavior, alcohol intake, and a central pattern of body fat (subscapular skinfold thickness and waist circumference) measured six times between the mean ages of 13 and 27 y in a healthy white population. Subjects (84 males, 98 females) were participants in the longitudinal Amsterdam Growth and Health Study. In longitudinal analyses, alcohol intake was positively associated with the subscapular skinfold thickness (beta = 0.09, 95% CI: 0.01, 0.16) in males. In females, the subscapular skinfold thickness was negatively associated with physical activity (beta = -0.10. 95% CI: -0.15, -0.05) and, unexpectedly, energy intake (beta = -0.25, 95% CI: -0.31,-0.19), whereas a positive association was found with carbohydrate intake (beta = 0.09. 95% CI: 0.02, 0.16). In both sexes, the mean value of behavioral variables, obtained from the mean value in adolescence and the values obtained at 21 and 27 y of age was not significantly associated with the subscapular skinfold thickness or waist circumference at the mean age of 27 y, except for a small positive association between physical activity and the subscapular skinfold thickness in males (R2 = 2.3%).
KW - Adipose Tissue/growth & development
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Anthropometry
KW - Behavior
KW - Body Composition/physiology
KW - Body Constitution
KW - Body Height/physiology
KW - Body Mass Index
KW - Body Weight/physiology
KW - Carbohydrate Metabolism
KW - Carbohydrates/administration & dosage
KW - Energy Intake
KW - Energy Metabolism
KW - European Continental Ancestry Group
KW - Female
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Growth
KW - Humans
KW - Longitudinal Studies
KW - Male
KW - Multivariate Analysis
KW - Netherlands
KW - Regression Analysis
KW - Sex Factors
KW - Skinfold Thickness
KW - Smoking
U2 - 10.1093/ajcn/67.5.846
DO - 10.1093/ajcn/67.5.846
M3 - Article
C2 - 9583840
VL - 67
SP - 846
EP - 852
JO - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
JF - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
SN - 0002-9165
IS - 5
ER -