Research Article
Body Fat and Body-Mass Index among a Multiethnic Sample of College-Age Men and Women
Table 3
Classification of obesity for Asian-American and US white college age adults using body-mass index and percentage body fat.
| | | Classification of | | | Classification of | | | obesity in US Whites* | | | obesity in US Asians** | | | BMI | | | BMI | | |
<30.0 kg/m2 |
≥30.0 kg/m2 | | |
<27.5 kg/m2 |
≥27.5 kg/m2 | | | | % | | % | | | | % | | % |
| Males | | | | | | Males | | | | | | Percentage | <25% | 56 | 71.8 | 22 | 28.2 | Percentage | <25% | 85 | 63.0 | 50 | 37.0 | Body fat | ≥25% | 5 | 29.4 | 12 | 70.6 | Body fat | ≥25% | 3 | 8.6 | 32 | 91.4 | Sensitivity | 70.6% | | | | | Sensitivity | 91.0% | | | | | Specificity | 71.8% | | | | | Specificity | 63.0% | | | | | Females | | | | | | Females | | | | | | Percentage | <30% | 89 | 97.8 | 2 | 2.2 | Percentage | <30% | 172 | 81.1 | 40 | 18.9 | Body fat | ≥30% | 15 | 50.0 | 15 | 50.0 | Body fat | ≥30% | 59 | 63.4 | 34 | 36.6 | Sensitivity | 50.0% | | | | | Sensitivity | 36.6% | | | | | Specificity | 97.8% | | | | | Specificity | 81.1% | | | | |
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*WHO: see [23].
**WHO: see [24]. BMI: body-mass index.
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