| Title | Skinfold thickness measurements are better predictors of body fat percentage than body mass index in male Spanish children and adolescents. | | Author(s) | Sarría A, García-Llop LA, Moreno LA, Fleta J, Morellón MP, Bueno M | | Institution | Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. | | Source | Eur J Clin Nutr 1998 Aug; 52(8):573-6. | | MeSH | Adipose Tissue
Adolescent
Body Composition
Body Height
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Child
Comparative Study
Humans
Male
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sensitivity and Specificity
Skinfold Thickness
Spain
| | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To develop equations, from some simple anthropometric measurements, for the prediction of body density from underwater weighing in male spanish children and adolescents.
SUBJECTS: One hundred and seventy-five males, aged 7.0-16.9 y, participated in this study, they were recruited from primary and secondary schools.
MEASUREMENTS: Body weight and height and skinfold thicknesses by anthropometry, body density by underwater weighing.
RESULTS: Correlations between body density and body mass index (BMI) were high until 14.0-16.9y. Correlations between body density and log sigma 4 skinfolds were higher than those with BMI at all ages. Log sigma 4 skinfolds explained between 61% (14.0-16.9 y) and 68% (11.0-13.9 y) of the body density variance. Regression equations for body density from BMI and triceps skinfold thickness explained between 51% (14.0-16.9y) and 68% (7.0-10.9 y) of the body density variance.
CONCLUSIONS: The best estimators of body density in the children and adolescents studied were log sigma 4 skinfolds and a combination of BMI and triceps skinfold. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 9725657 |
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