Table 4.
Comparison of mean values of selected anthropometric data for adolescents by sex and age across studies
| Sex/Age (n) | BMI (kg/m) | Waist (cm) | Triceps SF (mm) | Subscap SF (mm) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na | Hb | N | H | N | H | N | H | |
| Male | ||||||||
| 13 (13) | 20.7 | 22.1 | 73.8 | 76.6 | 13.4 | 16.6 | 10.4 | 12.1 |
| 14 (20) | 22.3 | 20.8 | 19.3 | 69.7 | 13.7 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 9.4 |
| 15 (22) | 22.5 | 23.4 | 80.1 | 73.9 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 10.7 |
| Female | ||||||||
| 13 (14) | 22.7 | 21.6 | 78.8 | 70.6 | 18.0 | 17.9 | 14.1 | 12.2 |
| 14 (18) | 22.9 | 21.7 | 78.8 | 70.7 | 18.7 | 16.0 | 14.3 | 11.5 |
| 15 (19) | 23.2 | 24.1 | 78.8 | 75.5 | 18.3 | 19.2 | 14.4 | 15.5 |
Na, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2002 data; Hb, the present study 2001–2002, data was collected from Houston, USA. Height, standing height; Waist, waist circumference; SF, skinfold thickness; The sample size for N was between 244 and 324.