[Body fat percentage and anthropometric parameters in children with obesity].
OBJECTIVE
of this study is a comparison of body fat percentage with anthropometric parameters and correlation of waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) with total body fat in children with obesity.


METHODS
the study included 324 children aged 7-18 years (173 girls and 151 boys). The parameters: body height and weight, waist and hip circumference, skinfold thickness, percentage of body fat by bioelectrical bioimpedance (BIA) were measured. BMI, WHR, WHtR, percent of body fat by Slaughter were calculated. Waist circumference was analysed according to percentiles chart by Nawarycz. WHtR >or= 0.5 as abnormal were accepted.


RESULTS
Significant correlation between percentage of body fat by two methods and somatic parameters were observed. In 92.3% patients waist circumference was >95 percentile. WHtR higher than 0.5 in 85.6% girls and 96.7%o boys was observed.


CONCLUSIONS
1. The percentage of body fat by BIA is comparable with results using Slaughter equation. 2. In children with obesity in our study WHtR is higher than 0.5 in both sexes. 3. No correlation between percentage of body fat and WHtR was found in our group.
Majcher
Anna
A
Katedra i Klinika Pediatrii i Endokrynologii, Akademia Medyczna, ul. Marszalkowska 24, Warszawa, Poland. endokrynologia@litewska.edu.pl
Pyrzak
Beata
B
Czerwonogrodzka
Aneta
A
Kucharska
Anna
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000145:classification* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011044:Poland; D012016:Reference Values; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio