Four-site skinfolds thickness percentiles of schoolchildren and adolescents in Turkey.

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Soylu M., Şensoy N., Doğan İ., Doğan N., Mazıcıoğlu M. M., Öztürk A.

Public health nutrition, cilt.24, sa.16, ss.5414-5425, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 16
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1017/s1368980021003323
  • Dergi Adı: Public health nutrition
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Abstracts in Social Gerontology, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.5414-5425
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Anthropometry, Body fat percentage, Children and adolescents, Obesity, Skinfold thickness, BODY-MASS INDEX, CARDIOVASCULAR RISK-FACTORS, X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY, SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, REFERENCE VALUES, CENTILE CURVES, US CHILDREN, TRICEPS, REFERENCES, CHILDHOOD
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: The primary purpose of the current study was to establish Turkish

smoothed centile charts and Lambda, Mu, Sigma (LMS) tables for four-site skinfold

thickness based on a population-based sample, and secondary purpose was to

elaborate a reference for the percentage of body fat.

Design: A cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted between January

and May 2017. Triceps, biceps and subscapular, suprailiac skinfold thicknesses

were measured using Holtain skinfold caliper. Age- and gender-specific percentile

values were determined with the LMS method, and body fat percentage was calculated

using the Westrate and Deurenberg equation.

Setting: Afyonkarahisar province in Turkey.

Participants: The current study was conducted on 4565, 6–18-year-old students.

Results: The triceps, biceps and subscapular skinfolds of the girls were higher than

the boys. From the age of seven, the sum of four skinfold thicknesses of the girls

was more than those of the boys. This difference became more evident after the

age of 12. Although fat percentages of girls showed a fluctuating change, it

decreased with the age in boys. Westrate and Deurenberg equation fat percentages

of girls until adolescence were lower than boys, but increased after 12 years of age

and exceeded that of boys.

Conclusions: The current study has provided sex- and age-specific reference values

for skinfold thickness and has shown that obesity in girls is higher than in boys

in schoolchildren in Afyonkarahisar. The current study has also shown that skinfold

thickness measurements are a valuable tool for screening obesity in children.