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Evaluating the contribution of differences in lean mass compartments for resting energy expenditure in African American and Caucasian American children
- Source :
- Pediatric Obesity. 13:413-420
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2018.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Resting energy expenditure (REE), adjusted for total lean mass (LM), is lower in African American (AA) than Caucasian American (CA) children. Some adult studies suggest that AA-CA differences in lean mass compartments explain this REE difference. Similar data are limited in children. OBJECTIVE To evaluate differences in compartment-specific lean mass between AA and CA children and examine the individual contributions of high-metabolic rate-at-rest trunk lean mass (TrLM) and low-metabolic-rate-at-rest appendicular lean mass (AppLM) for AA-CA differences in REE. METHODS We studied a convenience sample of 594 AA (n = 281) and CA (n = 313) children. REE was measured by using indirect calorimetry; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry was used to assess body composition. ANCOVAs were performed to examine AA-CA differences in TrLM, AppLM and REE. After accounting for age, sex, height, pubertal development, bone mass and adiposity, REE was evaluated adjusting for total LM (model A) and separately adjusting for TrLM and AppLM (model B). RESULTS African American children had greater adjusted AppLM (17.8 ± 0.2 [SE] vs. 16.0 ± 0.2 kg, p
- Subjects :
- African american
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Health Policy
common
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Energy metabolism
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Convenience sample
Caucasian American
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Animal science
common.group
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Lean body mass
Metabolic rate
Medicine
Resting energy expenditure
030212 general & internal medicine
business
Bone mass
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20476302
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric Obesity
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4cd8d2d89c89f9db2b45467ee5ec9ca8