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ea0029p1267 | Obesity | ICEECE2012

Is fat mass index superior to total fat mass percentage in predicting the metabolic syndrome?

Bozkus Y. , Kut A. , Mousa U. , Demir C. , Anil C. , Tutuncu N.

Aim: We aimed to compare the cut off values, defined to express the excess total body fat (TBF) percentange and increased fat mass index (FMI) as predictors of metabolic syndrome (MS).Subjects and methods: A total of 162 obese (body mass index (BMI) >30 kg/m2) subjects’ TBF were measured by ‘Tanita TBF 300 Body Composition Analyzer’. Patients were divided into two groups called normal obese (NO) and fatty obese (FO) accordin...