The Multicomponent Anthropometric Model for Assessing Body Composition in a Male Pediatric Population: A Simultaneous Prediction of Fat Mass, Bone Mineral Content, and Lean Soft Tissue
Table 1
Descriptive statistics of body composition in boys (), including absolute and relative TEM of the dependent (DXA) and independent measures (maturation, body size, and skinfolds).
Range
Mean
SD
TEM
TEM%
CI 95%
DXA
Fat mass (kg)
1.3–41.8
9.3
7.5
0.22
1.42
8.6–10.0
Bone mineral content (kg)
0.7–4.1
2.1
0.8
0.01
0.03
2.1–2.2
Lean mass tissue (kg)
17.1–72.6
38.1
12.7
0.06
0.15
36.9–39.4
Age/maturation/anthropometrics
Age (year)
8–18
13.7
2.99
—
—
12.9–13.5
PHV (year)
−4.7–4.5
−0.5
2.5
—
—
−0.8–0.3
Seating height (cm)
61.5–99.5
82.3
8.8
0.26
0.30
81.4–83.1
Height (cm)
120.3–196.8
158.1
17.7
0.17
0.11
156.4–159.8
Weight (kg)
20.6–119.4
50.2
17.4
0.27
0.29
48.5–51.9
Suprailiac skinfold (mm)
2.8–64.5
13.3
10.2
0.35
2.27
12.4–14.3
Horizontal abdominal skinfold (mm)
1.5–66.0
16.5
12.0
1.59
4.96
15.4–17.7
TEM: absolute technical error of measurement; TEM%: relative technical error of measurement; CI: confidence interval; DXA: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; PHV: years for peak height velocity.
