[A study of relationship between plasma testosterone and body fat in normal boy adolescents].
The plasma testosterone and the skinfolds of eight sites of the body were measured in 127 normal boy adolescents, aged 9-15, and the percentage of body fat (%BF), lean body mass (LBM), total body fat (TBF) were calculated from subscapular and triceps skinfolds. The results showed: with the increasing of plasma testosterone, the changes of distributive pattern of skinfolds, thickners was not uniform and the correlation of testosterone was positive with TBF (r = 0.252 2) and LBM (r = 0.588 7), negative with %BF (r = -0.222 3).
Department of Preventive Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang.
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D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*
D013739:Testosterone