title: Anthropometry and body composition of adolescents in cracow, poland.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to determine the level of adiposity and obesity in Polish adolescents and compare the results with earlier studies conducted in this population as well as those carried out in other populations.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study group consisted of 456 boys and 514 girls aged 14-18 years living in Cracow chosen from randomly selected secondary schools. Weight, height, waist, and hip circumference (WC, HC) as well as triceps, biceps, subscapular, and suprailiac skinfold thickness (SFT) were measured. Body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), subscapular/triceps skinfold ratio (STR), and percentage body fat were computed. The prevalence of overweight and obesity based on Polish children growth reference were calculated and age-dependent and gender-specific smoothed percentile curves for BMI and ROC curves were generated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Weight, height, WC, HC (up 16yr), WHtR (up 15yr), and WHR were considerably higher in males than females. Weight, height, and HC increased with age; WHtR remained the same. The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 10.2% (boys 10.3%; girls 10.1%) and 4.2% (boys 5.3%; girls 3.3%). ROC analysis revealed that WHtR was the best tool for detection of obesity (AUC of 0.982±0.007) in males, whereas the sum of four SFTs (AUC: 0.968±0.011) and WHtR (AUC: 0.963±0.012) were the best predictors of obesity in females.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The level of adiposity in Cracow adolescents increased during the last decade. However, it is still lower than in other well-developed societies struggling with obesity epidemics.
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Wiesława
authors: W
authors: Klimek-Piotrowska
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Mateusz
authors: M
authors: Koziej
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Mateusz K
authors: MK
authors: Hołda
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Katarzyna
authors: K
authors: Piątek
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Karolina
authors: K
authors: Wszołek
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Tyszka
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Kmiotek
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Mateusz
authors: M
authors: Pliczko
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Aleksandra
authors: A
authors: Śliwińska
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Klaudia
authors: K
authors: Krauss
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Marcin
authors: M
authors: Miszczyk
authors: Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
authors: Jerzy
authors: J
authors: Walocha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio