Is There a Correlation between Adults with Higher Bone Weight and Obesity Since Childhood? A Cross-Sectional Study with a Convenience Sample

Abstract

Objective: The lifetime body weight gain can physiologically function influence that include bone mass increase due tension levels in the bone, because of the greater the weight the higher the level of tension in the bone. This way, obesity may lead to an increase in bone density because it is associated with higher mechanical loads, i.e., adults with obesity can had significantly higher bone mineral density than healthy-weight adults. But do adults diagnosed through body mass index with obesity who reported obesity since childhood and that also reported lifetime body weight gain compared to adults without obesity, without reported obesity since childhood and without reporting lifetime body weight gain, may have higher bone weight? This is the main question that this work tries to answer by evaluating self-reported obesity and weight gain, including data on age, height, body weight and bone weight. Methods: Between 08/01/2022 and 08/09/2022 a total of 36 participants were randomly selected by the author. The present work is a cross-sectional study using convenience sample. After some criteria were previously established, the selected participants were then divided into two groups, experimental group (O; Obese; n=18) and control group (NO; Non-Obese; n=18). Including, all participants signed a free and declared consent form for the subsequent evaluation of their data. Results: The experimental group participants (O; n=7) had (Mean ± Standard Deviation) 29.7 ± 4.5 years, 180 ± 4.6 cm, 111.1 ± 7.0 kg of body weight and 14.3 ± 0.6 kg of bone weight, and control group participants (NO; n=5) were 33.8 ± 2.7 years old, 173.4 ± 5.4 cm, 84.8 ± 4.4 kg of body weight and 11.7 ± 0.35 kg of bone weight. From the statistical analysis of the participants' data, there was no statistical significance for age (p>0.05; R₁=37). However, statistical significance was found for height (p ≤ 0.05; R1=57), body weight (p ≤ .05; R1=63) and bone weight (p ≤ 0.05; R1=63). Conclusion: Obese men may have increased bone weight likely related to lifetime obesity when compared to non-obese men without lifetime obesity.