RT Journal Article
T1 The Relation of CUN-BAE Index with Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference in Adults Aged 50 to 85 Years: The MCC-Spain Study
A1 Dávila Batista, Verónica
A1 Fernández Villa, Tania
A1 Romaguera, Dora
A1 Capelo Álvarez, Rocío
AB Backgound: Traditional anthropometrics such as body mass index (BMI) or waistcircumference (WC) do not fully capture the complex biology of body fat (BF) in the elderly.The Clinica Universidad de Navarra-Body Adiposity Estimator (CUN-BAE) index, based on BMI,is proposed as a better indicator of BF. However, its relation with BMI is not clear. The aim wasto compare the agreement between CUN-BAE, BMI, and WC in those aged  50 years. Methods:A cross-sectional sample of 3153 Caucasian healthy adults was taken from the MCC-Spain study.The Pearson’s correlation and its 95% confidence interval (CI), adiposity distribution, and KappaIndex (95%CI) were calculated. Results: The correlation of CUN-BAE with WC is 0.18 (95%CI0.14–0.21) and that with BMI is moderate (r 0.58; 95%CI 0.55–0.60), but both increased strongly bysex. Agreement (normal weight/overweight/obesity) of CUN-BAE with BMI is 7% and with WC is18%. Conclusions: The correlation and the degree of agreement of CUN-BAE with BMI and WC arelow in individuals aged over 50, but it is higher by sex. Thus, this different criterion of obesity mayhave clinical applications. More studies with a gold standard are needed to evaluate the CUN-BAE inelderly adults.
PB MDPI
SN 2072-6643
YR 2020
FD 2020-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18267
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18267
LA eng
NO Dávila Batista, V.,  Fernández Villa, T., Romaguera, D., … Capelo Álvarez, R. (2020). The Relation of CUN-BAE Index with Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference in Adults Aged 50 to 85 Years: The MCC-Spain Study. Nutrients, 12(4), 996. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12040996
NO The study was partially funded by the “Accion Transversal del Cancer", approved by the Spanish MinistryCouncil on 11 October 2007, by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III-FEDER, Spanish Government (PI08/1770, PI08/0533,PI08/1359, PI09/00773-Cantabria, PI09/01286-León, PI09/01903-Valencia, PI09/02078-Huelva, PI09/01662-Granada,PI11/01403, PI11/01889-FEDER, PI11/00226, PI11/01810, PI11/02213, PI12/00488, PI12/00265, PI12/01270, PI12/00715,PI12/00150, PI14/01219, PI14/0613), by the Fundación Marqués de Valdecilla (API 10/09), by the ICGC InternationalCancer Genome Consortium CLL (The ICGC CLL-Genome Project is funded by Spanish Ministerio de Economía yCompetitividad (MINECO) through the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) and Red Temática de Investigación delCáncer (RTICC) del ISCIII (RD12/0036/0036)), by the Junta de Castilla y León (LE22A10-2), by the Consejería de Saludof the Junta de Andalucía (2009-S0143), by the Conselleria de Sanitat of the Generalitat Valenciana (AP_061/10), bythe Recercaixa (2010ACUP 00310), by the Regional Government of the Basque Country, by the Consejería de Sanidadde la Región de Murcia, by the European Commission grants FOOD-CT-2006-036224-HIWATE, by the SpanishAssociation Against Cancer (AECC) Scientific Foundation, by the Catalan Government DURSI grant 2014SGR647,by the Fundación Caja de Ahorros de Asturias, and by the University of Oviedo. Veronica Dávila-Batista:predoctoral contract financed by the Junta de Castilla y Leon and the European Social Fund (EDU/1083/2013), andshe also obtained a CIBERESP grant for a stay in an international research centre
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 13 jun 2026