Table 3.
Mean (SD) of percent body fat, sum of skinfolds, and waist circumference, by age and overweight (OW = overweight girls, ~OW = girls who were not overweight, D = difference calculated as mean for OW minus mean for ~OW).
| Adiposity indicators | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | % body fat | Sum of skinfolds (mm) | Waist circumference (cm) | ||||||
| OW | ~OW | D | OW | ~OW | D | OW | ~OW | D | |
| 9 | 33 (5) | 25 (10) | 8 | 69 (16) | 28 (12) | 41 | * | * | * |
| 10 | 38 (5) | 29 (10) | 9 | 73 (17) | 30 (13) | 43 | 79 (6) | 61 (6) | 18 |
| 11 | 44 (6) | 33 (7) | 11 | 76 (19) | 32 (14) | 44 | 83 (7) | 64 (6) | 19 |
| 12 | 48 (6) | 37 (6) | 12 | 80 (21) | 34 (15) | 46 | 86 (8) | 66 (6) | 20 |
| 13 | 52 (7) | 40 (6) | 12 | 87 (20) | 38 (15) | 50 | 88 (9) | 67 (6) | 21 |
| 14 | 54 (7) | 41 (6) | 13 | 95 (21) | 41 (16) | 55 | 91 (10) | 68 (6) | 23 |
| 15 | 56 (8) | 42 (8) | 14 | 94 (20) | 43 (16) | 51 | 93 (10) | 69 (6) | 24 |
| 16 | 56 (8) | 43 (6) | 14 | 92 (19) | 42 (16) | 51 | 94 (11) | 70 (6) | 25 |
| 17 | 57 (8) | 43 (5) | 15 | 93 (20) | 42 (16) | 51 | 96 (11) | 71 (7) | 25 |
| 18 | 58 (8) | 43 (6) | 15 | 99 (24) | 42 (17) | 56 | 98 (10) | 71 (7) | 26 |
*
There were no waist measurements for 9-year-olds.