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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Obesity Volume 2011, Article ID 292503, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2011/292503 Clinical Study Community-Specific BMI Cutoff Points for South Indian Females K. B. Kishore Mohan, V. Sapthagirivasan, and M. Anburajan Department of Biomedical Engineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur 603203, India Correspondence should be addressed to K. B. Kishore Mohan, kishorekbmtech@yahoo.co.in Received 15 July 2011; Revised 22 September 2011; Accepted 26 September 2011 Academic Editor: Gianluca Iacobellis Copyright © 2011 K. B. Kishore Mohan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. To analyze multiparameters related to total body composition, with specific emphasis on obesity in South Indian females, in order to derive community-specific BMI cutoff points. Patients and Methods. A total number of 87 females (of age 37.33 ± 13.12 years) from South Indian Chennai urban population participated in this clinical study. Body composition analysis and anthropometric measurements were acquired after conducting careful clinical examination. Results. BMI demonstrated high 2 2 significance when normal group (21.02 ± 1.47 kg/m ) was compared with obese group (29.31 ± 3.95 kg/m ), P 0.0001. BFM displayed high significance when normal group (14.92 ± 4.28 kg) was compared with obese group (29.94 ± 8.1 kg), P 0.0001. Conclusion. Community-specific BMI cutoffs are necessary to assess obesity in different ethnic groups, and relying on WHO-based