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Correlations Among Adiposity Measures In School-Aged Children, Caroline E. Boeke, Emily Oken, Ken P. Kleinman, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Elsie M. Taveras, Matthew W. Gillman
Correlations Among Adiposity Measures In School-Aged Children, Caroline E. Boeke, Emily Oken, Ken P. Kleinman, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Elsie M. Taveras, Matthew W. Gillman
Public Health Department Faculty Publication Series
BACKGROUND:
Given that it is not feasible to use dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or other reference methods to measure adiposity in all pediatric clinical and research settings, it is important to identify reasonable alternatives. Therefore, we sought to determine the extent to which other adiposity measures were correlated with DXA fat mass in school-aged children.
METHODS:
In 1110 children aged 6.5-10.9 years in the pre-birth cohort Project Viva, we calculated Spearman correlation coefficients between DXA (n=875) and other adiposity measures including body mass index (BMI), skinfold thickness, circumferences, and bioimpedance. We also computed correlations between lean body mass measures.
RESULTS: …