Sharpe J K, Hills A P
Physiotherapy Department, Wolston Park Hospital Complex, Wacol, Queensland, Australia.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1998 Feb;32(1):77-81. doi: 10.3109/00048679809062710.
The prevalence of excess body weight has been reported as two to four times greater in the chronic mentally ill than in the general population. However, there has been a paucity of body composition research with this population. The purpose of this study was to compare with population data the prevalence and distribution of body fat in a group of chronic mentally ill individuals.
An anthropometric profile consisting of height, weight, waist and hip girths was completed on 29 males and 23 females.
Consistent with other groups with excess adiposity, measures of skinfold thickness were generally unreliable. The biceps was the only site where a reliable skinfold measure was possible in all subjects. More than half of the males and three-quarters of the females had a waist circumference in excess of 100 cm.
There were significantly higher levels of relative body weight and excess abdominal adiposity in the study group compared with the wider population. A brief anthropometric protocol of waist and hip girths and biceps skinfold in addition to height and weight, rather than the use of weight alone as an indicator of adiposity, is recommended.
据报道，慢性精神病患者中超重的患病率比普通人群高两到四倍。然而，针对这一人群的身体成分研究却很少。本研究的目的是将一组慢性精神病患者的体脂患病率和分布情况与总体人群数据进行比较。
对29名男性和23名女性进行了包括身高、体重、腰围和臀围的人体测量。
与其他肥胖人群组一致，皮褶厚度测量通常不可靠。二头肌是所有受试者唯一能够进行可靠皮褶测量的部位。超过一半的男性和四分之三的女性腰围超过100厘米。
与更广泛的人群相比，研究组的相对体重和腹部肥胖超标水平明显更高。建议采用除身高和体重外，增加腰围、臀围和二头肌皮褶厚度的简短人体测量方案，而不是仅使用体重作为肥胖指标。
