Table 1.

Body composition and anthropometric measurements in underweight (UW), healthy-weight (HW), overweight (OW), and obese (OB) girls. n = 266

Body composition	UW	HW	OW	OB
	N = 43	N = 143	N = 34	N = 46
Age (years)	9.5 ± 1.27	9.6 ± 1.1	9.9 ± 1.2	9.3 ± 1.2
Body Fat %***	9.9 ± 4.4a	18.1 ± 4.6b	29.5 ± 3.4c	36.7 ± 3.9d
Weight (kg)***	22.9 ± 4.8a	29.3 ± 6.4b	41.4 ± 7.1c	50.3 ± 11.4d
WC (cm)***	53.7 ± 4.0a	59.2 ± 5.7b	72.1 ± 5.3c	79.8 ± 7.9d
Height (cm)***	130.1 ± 11.6a	132.9 ± 10.4a,b,c	138.5 ± 8.4a,b,c	138.7 ± 10c
BMI Percentile***	1.6 ± 0.9a	39.5 ± 23.8b	90 ± 3.6c	97.9 ± 0.9d
Height Percentile***	34 ± 32.1a	46 ± 30.7b	59.6 ± 27c	72.5 ± 26.1d

Data are means and standard deviations

One way ANOVA: ***significant differences p < 0.001 between BMI groups

^a,b,c,dTukey Post hoc test: means with the same letter indicate no significant difference. Any difference between two means carrying different letters is significant at 1%