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Collegium antropologicum, Vol. 37 supplement 2 No. 2, 2013.

Original scientific paper

Relationship between BMI and Skinfold Thicknesses to Risk Factors in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women

Tatjana Pavlica ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department for Biology and Ecology, Novi Sad, Serbia
Milena Mikalački ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serb
Radenko Matić ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serb
Darinka Korovljev ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serb
Nebojša Čokorilo ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serb
Sandra Vujkov ; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Novi Sad, Serb
Biljana Srdić ; University of Novi Sad, School of Medicine, Serbia
Dejan Sakač ; Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

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Abstract

Studies conducted on children and adults have pointed to the correlation of BMI (kg/m2) with risk factors for certain diseases. Other studies have stressed a more intense correlation between the risk factors and indicators of subcutaneous fat obtained in other ways. The aim of the study was to compare the intensity of correlation between the risk factors and triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness in relation to BMI. The study included 53 postmenopausal and 107 premenopausal women, the risk factors were assessed upon systolic and diastolic blood pressure, glucose concentration, triglyceride and cholesterol levels. Statistically significant differences were established in almost all variables referring to premenopausal and postmenopausal women, except in body height, subscapular skinfold thickness and triglyceride
concentration. Significant correlation with the risk factors was detected in BMI and both skinfold thicknesses, while the subscapular thickness correlates more intensively with the risk factors than it is the case with the triceps thickness. The results indicate that BMI equally correlates with risk factors as well as skinfold thickness.

Keywords

BMI; skinfold thickness; risk factors; premenopause; postmenopause

Hrčak ID:

102466

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/102466

Publication date:

23.5.2013.

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