Table 2.
Hypothesis test and descriptive values of adiposity measurements according to pubertal development stages in children and adolescents (8–14 years old), Florianópolis, SC, South of Brazil, 2007
| Variables | Pubertal development stages | Pubertal development stages | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early | Normal | Late | pb | pc | Early | Normal | Late | pb | pc | |
| Males | Females | |||||||||
| Median (p25; p75)a | Median (p25; p75)a | |||||||||
| Σ skinfold Z scored | −0.39 (−0.77; 0.61) | −0.29 (−0.74; 0.62) | −0.39 (−0.69; 0.36) | 0.752 | 0.503 | −0.04 (−0.50; 0.78) | −0.25 (− 0.73; 0.45) | −0.43 (− 0.88; 0.19) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Waist circumference Z score | − 0.16 (− 0.67; 0.59) | −0.22 (− 0.72; 0.54) | −0.29 (− 0.75; 0.31) | 0.106 | 0.035 | 0.08 (− 0.42; 0.77) | −0.17 (− 0.67; 0.41) | −0.45 (− 0.84; 0.22) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Tricipital skinfold Z score | − 0.33 (− 0.84; 0.64) | −0.16 (− 0.76; 0.59) | −0.27 (− 0.69; 0.51) | 0.416 | 0.203 | 0.08 (− 0.54; 0.81) | −0.20 (− 0.75; 0.53) | −0.43 (− 0.85; 0.23) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Calf skinfold Z score | − 0.32 (− 0.78; 0.68) | −0.25 (− 0.74; 0.58) | −0.25 (− 0.74; 0.54) | 0.838 | 0.562 | − 0.03 (− 0.53; 0.67) | −0.16 (− 0.70; 0.57) | −0.39 (− 0.89; 0.33) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| % | % | |||||||||
| Σ skinfold Z score - percentile > = 85 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 12.2 | 0.105 | 0.485 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 0.014 | < 0.001 |
| Waist circumference Z score - percentile > = 85 | 11.2 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 0.119 | 0.214 | 11.4 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 0.034 | < 0.001 |
| Tricipital skinfold Z score - percentile > = 85 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 11.6 | 0.661 | 0.746 | 12.3 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 0.105 | < 0.001 |
| Calf skinfold Z score - percentile > = 85 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 0.921 | 0.949 | 11.9 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 0.016 | < 0.001 |
ap25 and p75: Percentiles 25 and 75
bKruskal-Wallis test (quantitative variables) and Rao-Scott test (qualitative variables)
cP for trend
dSum of tricipital, subescapular, suprailiac and calf skinfold thickness