title: [Measurements of location of body fat distribution: an assessment of colinearity with body mass, adiposity and stature in female adolescents].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify the correlation between body fat location measurements with the body mass index (BMI), percentage of body fat (%BF) and stature, according to the nutritional status in female adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A controlled cross sectional study was carried out with 113 adolescents (G1: 38 eutrophic, but with high body fat level, G2: 40 eutrophic and G3: 35 overweight) from public schools in Viçosa-MG, Brazil. The following measures have been assessed: weight, stature, waist circumference (WC), umbilical circumference (UC), hip circumference (HC), thigh circumference, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-stature ratio (WSR), waist-to-thigh ratio (WTR), conicity index (CI), sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD), coronal diameter (CD), central skinfolds (CS) and peripheral (PS). The %BF was assessed by tetrapolar electric bioimpedance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The increase of central fat, represented by WC, UC, WSR, SAD, CD and CS, and the increase of peripheral fat indicated by HC and thigh were proportional to the increase of BMI and %BF. WC and especially the UC showed the strongest correlations with adiposity. Weak correlation between WHR, WTR, CI and CS/PS with adiposity were observed. The stature showed correlation with almost all the fat location measures, being regular or weak with waist.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate colinearity between body mass and total adiposity with central and peripheral adipose tissue. We recommend the use of UC for assessing nutritional status of adolescents, because it showed the highest ability to predict adiposity in each group, and also presented regular or weak correlation with stature.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, MG, Brasil. Electronic address: pfelicianopereira@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Patrícia Feliciano
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Hiara Miguel Stanciola
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Gisele Queiroz
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sônia Machado Rocha
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria do Carmo Gouveia
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Peluzio
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sylvia do Carmo Castro
authors.initials: Sdo C
authors.lastname: Franceschini
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Silvia Eloiza
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Priore
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity; D000293:Adolescent; D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescentes; Adolescents; Anthropometry; Antropometria; Body fat distribution; Distribuição de gordura corporal; Obesidade; Obesity