A comparison of the Slaughter skinfold-thickness equations and BMI in predicting body fatness and cardiovascular disease risk factor levels in children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although estimation of percentage body fat with the Slaughter skinfold-thickness equations (PBF(Slaughter)) is widely used, the accuracy of this method has not been well studied.

Objective

The objective was to determine the accuracy of the Slaughter skinfold-thickness equations.

Design

We compared agreement between PBF(Slaughter) and estimations derived from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (PBF(DXA)) in 1169 children in the Pediatric Rosetta Body Composition Project and the relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors, as compared with body mass index (BMI), in 6725 children in the Bogalusa Heart Study.

Results

PBF(Slaughter) was highly correlated (r = 0.90) with PBF(DXA), but it markedly overestimated levels of PBF(DXA) in children with large sk

SUBMITTER: Freedman DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3831534 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature