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 5

A worked example for predicting fat mass (FM), bone mineral content (BMC), and lean soft tissue (LST) for a boy.

Variables	Measures	FM	Product	BMC	Product	LST	Product
Height (cm)	148.3	−0.0857	−12.71	0.0032	0.48	0.0820	12.16
Weight (kg)	40.0	0.3139	12.56	0.0392	1.57	0.6419	25.68
Skinfolds (mm)
Sk suprailiac	18.7	0.1970	3.68	−0.0095	−0.18	−0.1964	−3.67
Sk horiz. abdom	20.0	0.2350	4.70	−0.0105	−0.21	−0.2321	−4.64
Maturation (years)
PHV	−1.6	−0.6571	1.05	0.0525	−0.08	0.7047	−1.13
Total (kg)	Sum (FM) = 9.28			Sum (BMC) = 1.57		Sum (LST) = 28.40

FM: fat mass, BMC: bone mineral content; LST: lean soft tissue; Sk: skinfold; PHV: age for peak height velocity. Against original values measured by DXA (FM = 9.30; BMC = 1.50; LST = 28.50).