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Table 1 Study participant’s characteristics

From: Body fat assessment in youth with overweight or obesity by an automated bioelectrical impedance analysis device, in comparison with the dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry: a cross sectional study

 

Boys (N = 93)

Girls (N = 104)

 

Mean ± SD

Min - Max

Mean ± SD

Min - Max

Age (years)

11.8 ± 2.3

7.3 - 16.7

12.1 ± 2.4

7.4 - 17.3

Height (m)

1.54 ± 0.13

1.27 - 1.81

1.54 ± 0.12

1.27 - 1.82

Weight (kg)

68.3 ± 19.9

35.1 - 137.0

68.5 ± 22.0

33.9 - 151.0

BMI (kg/m2)

28.2 ± 4.9

19.1 - 42.8

28.3 ± 5.6

19.6 - 47.4

BMI Z Score

1.8 ± 0.5

0.7 - 3.0

1.8 ± 0.6

0.5 - 3.2

TBF DEXA (%)

44.4 ± 6.5*

28.4 - 59.7*

47.5 ± 6.7

29.6 - 63.1

TBF BIA Tanita® BC-532 (%)

34.5 ± 7.7*

23.4 – 58*

38.1 ± 6.6

26 - 59.2

 

N

Percentage

N

Percentage

Overweight (N, %)

28

30.1

39

37.5

Obesity (N, %)

65

69.9

65

62.5

  1. TBF DEXA (%): total body fat percentage assessed with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry
  2. TBF BIA Tanita® BC-532 (%): total body fat percentage assessed with the bioelectrical impedance analyser
  3. Min: minimal value. Max: maximal value. SD: standard deviation
  4. *p <  10− 4 (Student’s t-tests for paired samples)