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Table 2 Hypothesis test and descriptive values of adiposity measurements according to pubertal development stages in children and adolescents (8ā€“14ā€‰years old), FlorianĆ³polis, SC, South of Brazil, 2007

From: Association between pubertal development stages and body adiposity in children and adolescents

Variables

Pubertal development stages

Ā Ā 

Pubertal development stages

Ā Ā 

Early

Normal

Late

pb

pc

Early

Normal

Late

pb

pc

Males

Ā 

Females

Ā 
Ā 

Median (p25; p75)a

Ā Ā 

Median (p25; p75)a

Ā Ā 

Ī£ skinfold Z scored

āˆ’0.39 (āˆ’0.77; 0.61)

āˆ’0.29 (āˆ’0.74; 0.62)

āˆ’0.39 (āˆ’0.69; 0.36)

0.752

0.503

āˆ’0.04 (āˆ’0.50; 0.78)

āˆ’0.25 (āˆ’ā€‰0.73; 0.45)

āˆ’0.43 (āˆ’ā€‰0.88; 0.19)

<ā€‰0.001

<ā€‰0.001

Waist circumference Z score

āˆ’ā€‰0.16 (āˆ’ā€‰0.67; 0.59)

āˆ’0.22 (āˆ’ā€‰0.72; 0.54)

āˆ’0.29 (āˆ’ā€‰0.75; 0.31)

0.106

0.035

0.08 (āˆ’ā€‰0.42; 0.77)

āˆ’0.17 (āˆ’ā€‰0.67; 0.41)

āˆ’0.45 (āˆ’ā€‰0.84; 0.22)

<ā€‰0.001

<ā€‰0.001

Tricipital skinfold Z score

āˆ’ā€‰0.33 (āˆ’ā€‰0.84; 0.64)

āˆ’0.16 (āˆ’ā€‰0.76; 0.59)

āˆ’0.27 (āˆ’ā€‰0.69; 0.51)

0.416

0.203

0.08 (āˆ’ā€‰0.54; 0.81)

āˆ’0.20 (āˆ’ā€‰0.75; 0.53)

āˆ’0.43 (āˆ’ā€‰0.85; 0.23)

<ā€‰0.001

<ā€‰0.001

Calf skinfold Z score

āˆ’ā€‰0.32 (āˆ’ā€‰0.78; 0.68)

āˆ’0.25 (āˆ’ā€‰0.74; 0.58)

āˆ’0.25 (āˆ’ā€‰0.74; 0.54)

0.838

0.562

āˆ’ā€‰0.03 (āˆ’ā€‰0.53; 0.67)

āˆ’0.16 (āˆ’ā€‰0.70; 0.57)

āˆ’0.39 (āˆ’ā€‰0.89; 0.33)

<ā€‰0.001

<ā€‰0.001

Ā 

%

Ā Ā 

%

Ā Ā 

Ī£ skinfold Z score - percentile >ā€‰=ā€‰85

9.4

7.9

12.2

0.105

0.485

13.8

7.9

5.4

0.014

<ā€‰0.001

Waist circumference Z score - percentile >ā€‰=ā€‰85

11.2

6.1

8.3

0.119

0.214

11.4

6.5

5.1

0.034

<ā€‰0.001

Tricipital skinfold Z score - percentile >ā€‰=ā€‰85

9.6

9.7

11.6

0.661

0.746

12.3

8.3

6.1

0.105

<ā€‰0.001

Calf skinfold Z score - percentile >ā€‰=ā€‰85

8.8

9.3

8.7

0.921

0.949

11.9

6.2

7.1

0.016

<ā€‰0.001

  1. ap25 and p75: Percentiles 25 and 75
  2. bKruskal-Wallis test (quantitative variables) and Rao-Scott test (qualitative variables)
  3. cP for trend
  4. dSum of tricipital, subescapular, suprailiac and calf skinfold thickness