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. 2022 Sep 29;2022:4070658. doi: 10.1155/2022/4070658

Table 2.

Morphological characteristics in 7- and 11-year-old boys measured 1990 and 2020.

Variables Age Mean ± SD p
1990 2020
BH (cm) 7 127.78 ± 5.94 131.73 ± 5.37 <0.001
11 147.55 ± 7.53 147.67 ± 7.45 0.888

BM (kg) 7 27.28 ± 4.86 31.89 ± 8.76 <0.001
11 40.35 ± 9.23 43.06 ± 10.30 0.020

BMI (kg/m2) 7 16.91 ± 3.63 18.58 ± 3.57 <0.001
11 18.67 ± 4.11 19.93 ± 4.71 0.0096

FC (cm) 7 17.73 ± 1.53 23.43 ± 20.48 0.016
11 20.23 ± 1.97 22.27 ± 2.13 <0.001

UAS (cm) 7 8.54 ± 3.57 14.89 ± 4.95 <0.001
11 10.78 ± 5.40 14.58 ± 4.63 <0.001

Legend: BH: body height; BM: body mass; BMI: body mass index; FC: forearm circumference; UAS: upper arm skinfold; SD: standard deviation; p: p value.