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Table 3 Relationships of age-adjusted physical indicators for assessing abdominal fat percentage in boys and girls

From: Comparison of various anthropometric indices in predicting abdominal obesity in Chinese children: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Boys

Girls

β a (%)

β b (%)

P value

β a (%)

β b (%)

P value

BMI

6.209

0.835

< 0.001

5.111

0.789

<0.001

CC

6.389

0.860

< 0.001

4.781

0.738

<0.001

WC

6.379

0.858

< 0.001

4.854

0.749

<0.001

HC

6.632

0.892

< 0.001

4.994

0.770

<0.001

WHR

3.173

0.427

< 0.001

1.634

0.252

0.001

WHtR

5.845

0.786

< 0.001

4.861

0.750

<0.001

  1. Per one standard deviance increase of anthropometric indicators
  2. BMI Body Mass Index, CC Chest Circumference, HC Hip Circumference, WC Waist Circumference, WHR Waist-to-Hip Ratio, WHtR Waist-to-Height Ratio
  3. a: unstandardized regression coefficients . b: standardized regression coefficients
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BMC Pediatrics

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