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Table 2 Association between obesity according to Fat Mass Index (FMI) from 18 to 22 years on bone mineral density (g/cm2) at 22 years of age

From: Associations between body mass index, body composition and bone density in young adults: findings from a southern Brazilian cohort

Variable

Men (N = 1408)

N

Whole Body

Lumbar Spine

Femoral Neck

Mean

Adjusteda

Mean

Adjusteda

Mean

Adjusteda

(95% CI)

β (95% CI)

(95% CI)

β (95% CI)

(95% CI)

β (95% CI)

Obesity by FMI

  

0.332

 

0.140

 

0.088

Never

1139

1.263

Reference

1.232

Reference

1.169

Reference

(1.257; 1.268)

(1.224; 1.241)

(1.159; 1.179)

Only at 18 years

28

1.297

0.008

1.304

0.007

1.188

0.021

(1.263; 1.331)

(−0.020; 0.005)

(1.251; 1.357)

(−0.016; 0.031)

(1.128; 1.249)

(−0.013; 0.055)

Only at 22 years

158

1.300

0.002

1.249

−0.007

1.204

0.015

(1.286; 1.313)

(−0.004; 0.008)

(1.228; 1.270)

(−0.017; 0.004)

(1.179; 1.228)

(−0.001; 0.030)

Always

83

1.313

0.005

1.242

−0.014

1.208

0.018

(1.295; 1.331)

(−0.003; 0.012)

(1.216; 1.268)

(−0.029; − 0.001)

(1.175; 1.241)

(− 0.003; 0.038)

Variable

Women (N = 1560)

N

Whole Body

Lumbar Spine

Femoral Neck

Mean

Adjusteda

Mean

Adjusteda

Mean

Adjusteda

(95% CI)

β (95% CI)

(95% CI)

β (95% CI)

(95% CI)

β (95% CI)

Obesity by FMI

  

<0.001

 

0.339

 

0.001

Never

1208

1.142

Reference

1.185

Reference

1.007

Reference

(1.138; 1.146)

(1.178; 1.192)

(1.000; 1.014)

Only at 18 years

23

1.183

−0.013

1.239

−0.005

1.036

−0.014

(1.153; 1.212)

(− 0.023; − 0.002)

(1.192; 1.285)

(− 0.027; 0.018)

(0.989; 1.083)

(− 0.042; 0.014)

Only at 22 years

182

1.192

0.013

1.228

0.007

1.080

0.027

(1.182; 1.202)

(0.009; 0.017)

(1.210; 1.247)

(−0.001; 0.016)

(1.063; 1.097)

(0.016; 0.038)

Always

147

1.236

0.005

1.286

−0.001

1.129

0.006

(1.225; 1.248)

(0.001; 0.011)

(1.266; 1.305)

(−0.012; 0.010)

(1.109; 1.149)

(−0.008; 0.019)

  1. aAdjusted for perinatal variables (maternal nutritional status, family income, maternal education, gestational age, weight and length), 15 years (skin color), 18 years (smoking, total physical activity score, calcium intake) and 22 years of age (lean mass index)
  2. The 1993 Birth Cohort, Pelotas, Brazil