Table 1.

Anthropometric and body composition parameters in children and adolescents^a

	Control	Obesity	p value
	n = 19	n = 18
Gender
Female	8	10
Male	11	8
Age (years)	10,47 ± 2,87	11,33 ± 2,93	0,3515
BMI percentile	49,92 ± 28,03	96,37 ± 8,50	<  0,0001**
Arm circumference (cm)	20,41 ± 3,23	27,45 ± 3,50	<  0,0001**
Arm muscle circumference (cm)	16,77 ± 2,83	20,64 ± 3,19	0,0008*
Neck circumference (cm)	28,29 ± 3,03	32,47 ± 2,82	0,0003*
Triceps skinfold (cm)	11,68 ± 4,61	21,64 ± 4,94	<  0,0001**
Subscapular skinfold (cm)	6,85 ± 2,27	21,17 ± 5,40	<  0,0001**
Suprailiac skinfold (cm)	10,91 ± 4,78	26,61 ± 5,79	<  0,0001**
Abdominal skinfold (cm)	10,53 ± 5,01	27,64 ± 6,17	<  0,0001**
Waist circumference (WC) (cm)	63,75 ± 7,53	83,75 ± 6,94	<  0,0001**
Waist/Height ratio (WHR)	0,45 ± 0,03	0,58 ± 0,04	<  0,0001**
Arm fat (%)	33,07 ± 9,44	45,91 ± 7,73	<  0,0001**
Leg fat (%)	32,82 ± 7,74	44,41 ± 5,82	<  0,0001**
Trunk fat (%)	21,06 ± 8,95	42,9 ± 6,79	<  0,0001**
Android fat (%)	18,58 ± 9,93	44,33 ± 7,53	<  0,0001**
Gynoid fat (%)	28,88 ± 8,21	44,68 ± 5,96	<  0,0001**
Body fat (%)	26,28 ± 7,35	39,9 ± 5,89	<  0,0001**
Lean mass (kg)	32,83 ± 10,31	22,84 ± 11,25	0,0073*

Values are presented as percentage or mean ± standard deviation (SD). Differences between groups were evaluated using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests

*p <  0.005, ** p <  0.0001

^aBMI body mass index