- Body composition analysis and changes according to risk factors. Original Article. There are few studies on risk factors about quality life on Cuban woman. One well-recognized sequel of sedentary life habits is obesity. Material and methods: In a population-based sample of 1074 women (age 20-70 years, obtained during the years from 1998 to 2002, taking into account ethnical origin and criteria from the International Biological Program, we evaluated body composition and bone density at total body and four skeletal sites by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Data are given as mean, standard deviation and percentile distribution. In multivariate analysis of determinants of total body composition among an aged-stratified sample obesity frequency was studied, considering those that were above 95th percentile of their native critical limits for total body fat (%), adiposity index, body fat trunk (%), body fat legs (%) and body fat arm (%). Bone mass loss was estimated using odd ratio test by Mantel-Haenszel with the following risk factors: physical activity, coffee intake, and daily calcium intake on puberty and previous week. Multiple regression analysis step by step was performed. All data were recorded in a database system using SPSS for Windows, version 10.1... (Solo en
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