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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Feb 18;22(6):1495–1504. doi: 10.1002/oby.20689

TABLE 4.

Standardized regression coefficients (± SE) and coefficient of determination (R2) for the agreement between age- and sex-specific Z-scores for percentage body fat (%BF) and individual anthropometric measures among children with lower BMI but higher %BF and higher BMI but lower %BF1,2

Lower BMI but higher %BF
Higher BMI but lower %BF
Both sexes (n = 456) Boys (n = 217) Girls (n = 239) Both sexes (n = 518) Boys (n = 293) Girls (n = 225)
BMI Z-score 0.05±0.04a (0.004) 0.04±0.06a (0.002) 0.09±0.05 (0.01) 0.45±0.09§ (0.05) 0.35±0.14§ (0.03) 0.52±0.14§ (0.10)
WC Z-score 0.10±0.02§a (0.04) 0.12±0.04§a (0.06) 0.07±0.04 (0.02) 0.49±0.05§ (0.20) 0.50±0.10§ (0.15) 0.45±0.07§ (0.26)
WHtR Z-score 0.14±0.04§ab (0.06) 0.22±0.04§ab (0.13) 0.07±0.05 (0.02) 0.57±0.05§ (0.29) 0.65±0.06§ (0.29) 0.45±0.08§ (0.27)
TSF Z-score 0.24±0.04§b (0.19) 0.34±0.03§b (0.29) 0.16±0.04§ (0.10) 0.50±0.04§ (0.35) 0.65±0.05§ (0.46) 0.33±0.05§ (0.21)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; R2, coefficient of determination; TSF, triceps skinfold thickness; WC, waist circumference; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio.

1

Lower BMI but higher %BF: BMI< median but %BF≥ median.

2

Higher BMI but lower %BF: BMI≥ median but %BF< median.

differed from boys within race-ethnicity

§

coefficients differ from zero (P < 0.05; t-test).

a

Values in a subgroup (e.g., by sex) with different superscript letters (a or b) were significantly different (P < 0.05; t-test); a group without the letters indicates no difference (P ≥ 0.05; t-test).

b

Values in a subgroup (e.g., by sex) with different superscript letters (a or b) were significantly different (P < 0.05; t-test); a group without the letters indicates no difference (P ≥ 0.05; t-test).