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. 2017 Feb 2;2017:7678613. doi: 10.1155/2017/7678613

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of physical characteristics of participants.

Male (n = 127) Female (n = 128) p value 95% CI of mean difference
Mean (SD) 5th percentiles 95th percentiles Mean (SD) 5th percentiles 95th percentiles
Age (y) 13.81 (2.85) 9.10 18.46 13.66 (2.85) 9.09 18.57 0.670 −0.55–0.85
Height (cm) 161.80 (14.04) 135.90 181.00 154.31 (9.77) 136.79 167.91 <0.001 4.51–10.47
Weight (kg) 55.9 (17.0) 33.80 92.58 47.4 (11.3) 30.80 65.71 <0.001 4.90–12.02
BMI (kg/m2) 20.96 (4.16) 16.03 30.02 19.69 (3.25) 15.20 25.22 0.008 0.34–2.18
WC1 (cm) 69.52 (10.32) 56.41 93.02 62.48 (7.00) 52.02 75.08 <0.001 4.87–9.21
WC2 (cm) 69.01 (10.55) 55.76 91.64 62.01 (6.93) 51.60 73.96 <0.001 4.80–9.20
WC3 (cm) 70.06 (11.25) 56.33 93.35 63.86 (7.51) 52.80 76.82 <0.001 3.83–8.55
WC4 (cm) 70.77 (11.73) 56.53 95.41 63.80 (7.52) 53.06 76.83 <0.001 4.45–9.30
WC5 (cm) 73.09 (11.78) 58.20 96.67 67.68 (8.32) 55.23 80.27 <0.001 2.90–7.93
% BF (%) 20.77 (9.90) 7.94 38.64 27.85 (7.67) 14.99 40.70 <0.001 −9.26–−4.90
FM (kg) 12.06 (9.02) 3.52 31.90 13.49 (6.42) 5.07 24.17 0.147 −3.35–0.50
% BF in trunk (%) 20.77 (10.91) 7.14 42.60 27.28 (8.66) 13.25 41.72 <0.001 −8.94–−4.08
FM in trunk (kg) 5.66 (4.89) 1.42 17.65 6.18 (3.29) 1.91 11.89 0.320 −1.55–0.51

WC1: immediately below the lowest rib; WC2: at the narrowest part of the torso, above the umbilicus, and below the xiphoid process; WC3: midpoint between the lowest rib and the iliac crest; WC4: 1 cm above the umbilicus; WC5: immediately above the superior border of the iliac crest.

% BF: body fat percentage; FM: fat mass; % BF in trunk: body fat percentage in the trunk; FM in trunk: fat mass in the trunk.