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 2

Correlation matrix between independent and dependent variables in the pediatric population.

Independent													Dependent
	Wt	SkTr	SkSi	SkHab	SkTh	CiAr	CiWs	CiTh	Br; El	BrKn	PHV	Age	FM; (kg)	BMC (kg)	LST (kg)
Ht	0.84	−0.13	0.12	0.11	−0.14	0.67	0.65	0.69	0.85	0.70	0.94	0.88	0.28	0.91	0.95
Wt		0.29	0.54	0.52	0.27	0.91	0.89	0.89	0.87	0.77	0.87	0.78	0.70	0.92	0.91
SkTr			0.85	0.86	0.89	0.44	0.46	0.37	0.11	0.23	−0.09	−0.17	0.82	−0.02	−0.10
SkSi				0.90	0.80	0.65	0.68	0.54	0.34	0.38	0.17	0.08	0.92	0.24	0.17
SkHab					0.83	0.62	0.66	0.56	0.31	0.35	0.15	0.05	0.92	0.22	0.14
SkTh						0.41	0.45	0.38	0.09	0.19	−0.09	−0.16	0.80	−0.02	−0.11
CiRa							0.89	0.86	0.77	0.67	0.74	0.66	0.75	0.77	0.76
CiWa								0.83	0.75	0.69	0.70	0.61	0.78	0.74	0.72
CiTh									0.76	0.71	0.74	0.65	0.69	0.79	0.77
BrEl										0.79	0.82	0.75	0.46	0.84	0.87
BrKn											0.67	0.60	0.50	0.73	0.72
PHV												0.97	0.32	0.93	0.95
Age													0.22	0.87	0.89

Ht: height; Wt: weight; Sk: skinfold; SkTr: triceps; SkSi: suprailiac; SkHab: horizontal abdominal; SkTh: mid-thigh; Ci: circumference; CiRa: relaxed arm; CiWa: waist; CiTh: proximal thigh; Br: breadth; BrEl: elbow; BrKn: knee; PHV: years for peak height velocity; FM: fat mass, BMC: bone mineral content; LST: lean soft-tissue.