Fig. 1

Histogram representation of Pearson correlation of body composition parameters between subjects (stratified by sex and pubertal status) and their fathers/mothers. Correlations analyses for sarcopenic index (Panel a) between prepubertal boys/girls and their fathers/mothers were significant (boys-fathers: r = 0.380, p = 0.050; boys-mothers: r = 0.435, p = 0.026; girls-fathers: r = 0.462, p = 0.012; girls-mothers: r = 0.365, p = 0.050). There were no significant correlations between adolescent boys/girls and their fathers/mothers. Correlation analyses for fat percentage (Panel b) between subjects and their fathers/mothers revealed a significant correlation only between prepubertal boys and their mothers (FATP: r = 0.438, p = 0.025). Asterisk indicates significance