Proposição de equações para predição de quantidade de gordura corporal em adultos jovens

Dartagnan Pinto Guedes; Joana Elisabete R. Pinto Guedes

doi:10.5433/1679-0367.1991v12n2p61

Proposição de equações para predição de quantidade de gordura corporal em adultos jovens

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Dartagnan Pinto Guedes Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Joana Elisabete R. Pinto Guedes Universidade Estadual de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.1991v12n2p61

Keywords:

Equations, Body Fat, Skinfold Thichness, Young Adults.

Abstract

The puporse of this study was to derive regression equations to estimate body density based on skinfold thickness values in young adults. The sample was formed of 206 subjects, 110 males and 96 females, ranging from 18 to 30 years of age. The hydrostatic method was used to determine body density and fat percent. Skinfold thickness was measured at the biceps, tríceps, subscapula, midaxilary, rupra-iliac, abdomen, thigh, and catf with a HARPENDEN skinfold fat caliper. The equations ware crossvalidated on a different of 41 subjects with similar age and physical characteristics. The regression equations suggested in this study were shown to be valid when applied to the Brazilian population however the equations using three skinfold measures were considered the most useful ones, because of their practicality when used in evaluations of large populations.

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Dartagnan Pinto Guedes, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Departamento de Fundamentos da Educação Física – CEF – Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Joana Elisabete R. Pinto Guedes, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Departamentos de Desportos Individuais e Coletivos – CEF – Universidade Estadual de Londrina

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Published

2004-12-15

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Guedes DP, Guedes JERP. Proposição de equações para predição de quantidade de gordura corporal em adultos jovens. Semin. Cienc. Biol. Saude [Internet]. 2004 Dec. 15 [cited 2025 Feb. 16];12(2):61-70. Available from: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/6946

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (1991)

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