Association of Youth Triponderal Mass Index vs Body Mass Index With Obesity-Related Outcomes in Adulthood

JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Dec 1;172(12):1192-1195. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.3034.

Feitong Wu¹, Marie-Jeanne Buscot¹, Markus Juonala^{2

3

4}, Nina Hutri-Kähönen⁵, Jorma S A Viikari^{3

4}, Olli T Raitakari^{2

6}, Costan G Magnussen¹

¹ Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
² Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
⁴ Division of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, University of Tampere, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
⁶ Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.

Abstract

This study assesses whether triponderal mass index vs body mass index in youths is more useful in determining obesity-related outcomes in adulthood.