Laser-Based 3D Body Scanning Reveals a Higher Prevalence of Abdominal Obesity than Tape Measurements: Results from a Population-Based Sample

Background: The global obesity epidemic is a major public health concern, and accurate diagnosis is essential for identifying at-risk individuals. Three-dimensional (3D) body scanning technology offers several advantages over the standard practice of tape measurements for diagnosing obesity. This st...

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Veröffentlicht in:Diagnostics (Basel) Jg. 13; H. 15; S. 2594
Hauptverfasser: Kosilek, Robert P., Ittermann, Till, Radke, Dörte, Schipf, Sabine, Nauck, Matthias, Friedrich, Nele, Völzke, Henry
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Switzerland MDPI AG 04.08.2023
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Schlagworte:
Abdomen
Accuracy
Agreements
Analysis
Anthropometry
Blood pressure
Body fat
Body mass index
body weights and measures
Cholesterol
diagnostic techniques and procedures
Drug therapy
Glucose
High density lipoprotein
Hypertension
Lasers
Males
Metabolic syndrome
Obesity
Scanning devices
Software
Triglycerides
Germany
diagnostic techniques and procedures
metabolic syndrome
body weights and measures
anthropometry
obesity
ISSN:2075-4418, 2075-4418
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Zusammenfassung:Background: The global obesity epidemic is a major public health concern, and accurate diagnosis is essential for identifying at-risk individuals. Three-dimensional (3D) body scanning technology offers several advantages over the standard practice of tape measurements for diagnosing obesity. This study was conducted to validate body scan data from a German population-based cohort and explore clinical implications of this technology in the context of metabolic syndrome. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 354 participants from the Study of Health in Pomerania that completed a 3D body scanning examination. The agreement of anthropometric data obtained from 3D body scanning with manual tape measurements was analyzed using correlation analysis and Bland–Altman plots. Classification agreement regarding abdominal obesity based on IDF guidelines was assessed using Cohen’s kappa. The association of body scan measures with metabolic syndrome components was explored using correlation analysis. Results: Three-dimensional body scanning showed excellent validity with slightly larger values that presumably reflect the true circumferences more accurately. Metabolic syndrome was highly prevalent in the sample (31%) and showed strong associations with central obesity. Using body scan vs. tape measurements of waist circumference for classification resulted in a 16% relative increase in the prevalence of abdominal obesity (61.3% vs. 52.8%). Conclusions: These results suggest that the prevalence of obesity may be underestimated using the standard method of tape measurements, highlighting the need for more accurate approaches.
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ISSN:2075-4418
2075-4418
DOI:10.3390/diagnostics13152594