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Table 1 Differences in the descriptive statistics for overlapping mean ages#

From: Development and tracking of central patterns of subcutaneous fat of rural South African youth: Ellisras longitudinal study

Variables

Overlapping Mean age*

Triceps

Biceps

Subscapular

Suprailiac

Boys

PRS

7.9

5.8

4.4

4.8

3.8

PMS

8.1

6.7

4.1

5.3

4.0

P-value

 

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

PRS

8.5

5.4

4.2

4.6

3.8

PMS

8.5

5.8

3.9

5.3

3.8

P-value

 

0.000

0.001

0.000

0.729

PRS

8.9

5.8

4.4

5.0

4.2

PMS

9.1

6.9

4.2

5.7

5.2

P-value

 

0.008

0.000

0.000

0.000

PRS

9.9

6.2

5.0

5.5

4.5

PMS

9.6

6.5

3.7

5.4

3.9

P-value

 

0.064

0.003

0.006

0.345

PRS

10.9

6.5

3.9

5.8

4.4

PMS

10.6

8.0

5.1

6.0

5.2

P-value

 

0.186

0.323

0.913

0.010

PRS

11.5

6.2

4.6

5.5

4.8

PMS

11.6

7.0

4.2

5.6

4.8

P-value

 

0.445

0.054

0.378

0.018

Girls

PRS

7.9

7.0

5.2

5.6

4.4

PMS

8.1

7.8

5.7

6.5

5.2

P-value

 

0.840

0.020

0.675

0.783

PRS

8.5

6.4

4.9

5.2

4.4

PMS

8.5

7.3

5.5

6.0

4.9

P-value

 

0.008

0.969

0.338

0.137

PRS

8.9

7.2

5.3

5.7

4.9

PMS

9.1

8.1

5.0

6.6

6.2

P-value

 

0.452

0.064

0.002

0.001

PRS

9.9

7.6

5.9

6.4

5.4

PMS

9.6

8.6

5.3

6.9

5.8

P-value

 

0.003

0.662

0.041

0.000

PRS

10.9

8.8

6.4

7.4

6.6

PMS

10.6

9.5

6.2

6.9

5.9

P-value

 

0.611

0.119

0.831

0.550

PRS

11.5

8.3

6.0

6.8

5.9

PMS

11.6

8.2

5.2

6.5

5.7

P-value

 

0.762

0.193

0.188

0.482

  1. PRS = Preschool, PMS = Primary school, * in years
  2. # Fat pattern variables of Preschool (7.9 to 11.5 years) and primary school children (8.1 to 11.6 years) of Ellisras rural children