Predictors of central and general obesity in Iranian preschool children: which anthropometric indices can be used as screening tools?

Table 1 The anthropometric characteristics of the participants stratified based on the presence of obesity/normal-weight

Sex, group	Obese		P-value*	Normal-weight		P-value*	P-value#
Sex, group	Boys	Girl	P-value*	Boys	Girls	P-value*	P-value#
BMI	20.83 ± 2.65	19.78 ± 2.94	< 0.001	15.79 ± 0.94	14.79 ± 0.8	< 0.001	< 0.001
NC (cm)	29.65 ± 2.483	28.72 ± 2.34	< 0.001	26.41 ± 1.98	25.80 ± 1.486	< 0.001	< 0.001
Weight (kg)	30.34 ± 4.80	29.50 ± 4.88	< 0.001	22.35 ± 2.40	21.86 ± 2.16	< 0.001	< 0.001
Height (cm)	120.5 ± 6.49	119.0 ± 5.48	< 0.001	118.87 ± 5.24	117.56 ± 5.24	< 0.001	< 0.001
WC (cm)	62.09 ± 6.52	60.70 ± 6.816	0.01	57.72 ± 3.16	56.32 ± 5.56	0.04	0.02
HC (cm)	71.93 ± 6.56	73.65 ± 6.99	< 0.001	67.85 ± 3.47	69.31 ± 3.93	< 0.001	< 0.001
WHR	0.839 ± 0.046	0.824 ± 0. 057	0.02	0.813 ± 0.0 68	0.795 ± 0. 094	0.04	0.01
WHtR	0.525 ± 0.0503	0.510 ± 0.0541	< 0.001	0.486 ± 0.0349	0.450 ± 0. 0533	< 0.001	< 0.001
NHR	24.66 ± 2.44	23.20 ± 2.45	< 0.001	22.26 ± 1.89	20.99 ± 1.62	< 0.001	< 0.001
BAI	25.71 ± 5.49	26.10 ± 5.70	< 0.001	21.16 ± 3.50	22.96 ± 3.76	< 0.001	< 0.001
CI	1.13 ± 0.099	1.12 ± 0.093	0.01	1.01 ± 0.081	0.99 ± 0.012	0.01	0.03
TMI	17.34 ± 5.48	16.57 ± 2.59	< 0.001	13.31 ± 0.99	12.46 ± 0.43	< 0.001	< 0.001

BMI body mass index, NC neck circumference, WC waist circumference, HC hip circumference, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, WHtR waist-to-height ratio, NHR neck-to-height ratio, BAI body adiposity index, CI conicity index, TMI tri-ponderal mass index
Continuous data are presented as mean ± SD and compared using the independent sample-test

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