Four-site skinfolds thickness percentiles of schoolchildren and adolescents in Turkey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The primary purpose of the current study was to establish Turkish smoothed centile charts and Lambda, Mu, Sigma (LMS) tables for four-site skinfold thickness based on a population-based sample, and secondary purpose was to elaborate a reference for the percentage of body fat.

Design

A cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted between January and May 2017. Triceps, biceps and subscapular, suprailiac skinfold thicknesses were measured using Holtain skinfold caliper. Age- and gender-specific percentile values were determined with the LMS method, and body fat percentage was calculated using the Westrate and Deurenberg equation.

Setting

Afyonkarahisar province in Turkey.

Participants

The current study was conducted on 4565, 6-18-year-old students

SUBMITTER: Soylu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195595 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature