연령별, 성별 체질량지수의 유효성 검증 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to verify the correlation between body mass index and body fat percentage by gender and age. For the experiment, height, weight, skeletal muscle mass and body mass index of men and 1506 men and 1494 women total 3000 were evaluated and body composition analysis was measured. Independent samples t-test was used to compare gender and age specific factors, correlation between each variable and body mass index was assessed using Pearson 's correlation coefficient. The results were following : The correlation between body mass index and body fat percentage in males aged 19-34 was .672, 35-49 was .737, 50-64 was .716, 65 over was .622. In case of females aged 19-34 was .684, 35-49 was .759, 50-64 was .757, 65 over was .694. Taken together, these results suggest that the correlation between BMI and body fat percentage should be reassessed by age and that more accurate obesity criteria are needed in the old adults.