Bioelectrical impedance method for assessing later body-composition considering the influence of breastfed on gender
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Bioimpedance, Body composition, BMI, Breastfeeding, Gender.Abstract
Purpose: to study the effect of breastfeeding on body composition in both male and female via bioimpedance analysis method. analysis methods. Methods: we determined the body composition (body fat percentage, muscle mass percentage, and bone mass percentage) by bioimpedance analysis methods in 60 adults (31 male and 29 female) who were classified as underweight, normal and overweight subjects aged 20 years old. Average BMI was 21.4 Kg/ m2 which calculated by traditional formula. Findings: The differences in %BF assessed using bipolar analyzers were significantly higher for female than male. There was a significant difference (P<0.05) in %BF by foot-foot analyzer, BMI and %muscle mass between those who had breastfeeding and those who had never breastfed at all for both male and female adults. In addition, Just for male, there was a significant difference (P<0.05) in %bone mass according to different feeding types. Conclusion: results suggest that exclusive breastfeeding protects from elevating body fat in both sex. For male, it appears a higher %muscle mass in breastfeeding than bottle feeding in comparison with female. Our data also shows that the association between breastfeeding and later %bone mass is not equally among different sex and it is stronger among male subjects than among female subjects. More studies are needed to demonstrate a link between breastfeeding and later body composition taking infant sex into account.Downloads
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