Table 5.

Analysis of the interaction effect of pubertal age and gender on body composition components.

Dependent Variables	Male <12 Years (n = 64)		Female <12 Years (n = 75)		Male 12–15 Years (n = 21)		Female 12–15 Years (n = 21)		Age Effect		Gender Effect		Interaction Effect
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	p	η2	p	η2	p	η2
Adipose tissue (%)	15.81	4.67	17.18	6.85	12.19	4.75	21.67	6.75	0.680	<0.01	<0.001	0.13	<0.001	0.08
Muscle Mass (%)	79.64	4.40	78.53	6.45	83.36	4.49	74.33	6.38	0.808	<0.01	<0.001	0.13	<0.001	0.08
Water content (%)	61.62	3.41	60.64	4.98	64.35	3.45	57.34	4.93	0.705	<0.01	<0.001	0.14	<0.001	0.08
Waist circumference (cm)	59.97	7.32	57.31	7.11	69.10	5.30	65.24	7.50	<0.001	0.21	0.009	0.04	0.631	0.00
Hip circumference (cm)	72.17	7.72	69.13	7.93	87.33	6.32	87.67	8.96	<0.001	0.46	0.327	0.01	0.222	0.01
WHR	0.83	0.04	0.83	0.05	0.79	0.04	0.74	0.04	<0.001	0.25	0.003	0.05	0.004	0.05
WHtR	0.44	0.04	0.43	0.05	0.41	0.03	0.40	0.05	<0.001	0.07	0.160	0.01	0.981	0.00

η²—proportion of variance explained by BMI; p—significance of differences test; M—medium; SD—standard deviation.