Development of subcutaneous fat in Spanish and Latin American children and adolescents: Reference values for biceps, triceps, subscapular and suprailiac skinfolds

Marrodán, María Dolores; Espinosa, Marisa González Montero de; Herráez, Ángel; Alfaro, Emma; Bejarano, Ignacio; Carmenate, Margarita; Lomaglio, Delia Beatriz; López‐Ejeda, Noemí; Martínez, Antonio Miguel Hernández; Mesa, Marı́a Soledad; Pérez, Blanca; Meléndez, Juana María; Moreno‐Romero, Susana; Pacheco, José L.; Vazquez, Vanessa; Dipierri, José Edgardo

doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2017.02.003

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“…2017), and the individuals have been measured by the same research team. Moreover, these references complement those already published for subcutaneous fat skinfolds for the same population (Marrodán et al, 2015; Marrodán et al, 2017).…”

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Waist circumference percentiles for Hispanic‐American children and comparison with other international references

Serrano

Román

Carmenate

et al. 2020

American J Hum Biol

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Introduction Waist circumference (WC) constitutes an indirect measurement of central obesity in children and adolescents. Objective To provide percentiles of WC for Hispanic‐American children and adolescents, and compare them with other international references. Materials and methods The sample comprised 13 289 healthy children between 6 and 18 years coming from public schools of middle and low socioeconomic levels in different parts of Argentina, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela. The LMS method to calculate WC percentiles was applied. Sex and age differences were assessed using Student's t test and ANOVA (SPSS v.21.0). Comparisons were established with references from the United States, Colombia, India, China, Australia, Kuwait, Germany, Tunisia, Greece, and Portugal. Results WC increases with age in both sexes. Boys show higher WC in P3, P50, and P97. Comparison of 50th and 90th percentiles among populations from diverse sociocultural and geographical contexts shows high variability, not all justified by the measurement method. Discussion and conclusions Specific WC percentiles for sex and age, and P90 cut‐off points are provided; these values are potentially useful to assess central obesity in Hispanic‐American adolescent children.

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Waist circumference percentiles for Hispanic‐American children and comparison with other international references

Serrano

Román

Carmenate

et al. 2020

American J Hum Biol

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“…This was similar to the results of the study performed by Kromeyer-Hauschild et al on a population of 2132 boys and girls in the city of Jena, Germany (37) . In another study conducted by Marrodán et al in five countries (Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela), four-site skinfolds of girls were detected as greater than boys (45) . The study by Addo and Himes (36) and Aristizabal et al (46) reported similar results with our findings in those girls had higher triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness than boys through 6-18 years old.…”

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

Soylu

Şensoy

Doğan

et al. 2021

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The primary purpose of this study was to establish Turkish smoothed centile charts and 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 thickness 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: This study was conducted on 4565, 6-18 years 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: This 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. This study has also shown that skinfold thickness measurements are a valuable tool for screening obesity in children.

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“…[ 10 ]. Skinfold measurements (biceps, triceps, subscapular, and suprailiac) have been investigated for adiposity diagnosis in Spanish and Latin American children and adolescents [ 11 ]. Suprailiac and abdominal skinfold thickness were used to estimate body density in Japanese adults [ 12 ].…”

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Skinfold Thickness as a Cardiometabolic Risk Predictor in Sedentary and Active Adult Populations

González-Torres,

Anaya-Esparza,

Trigueros del Valle

et al. 2023

JPM

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Studies report that increased body fat can lead to health risks for individuals. However, some methods used for analyzing adiposity did not identify its distribution in the human body because they are typically measured using bioimpedance scales. This study aims to associate the presence of cardiometabolic risk factors in sedentary and active adult populations through anthropometric methods based on skinfold thickness measurements. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 946 adults aged between 18 and 79 years with prior informed consent. Clinical, anthropometric, and biochemical parameters, as well as some cardiometabolic risk factors, were evaluated. Almost half of the population (45.1%; n = 427) is sedentary. A significant association was found between the sum of the skinfolds (bicipital, tricipital, subscapular, and suprailiac) and the cardiometabolic risk factors evaluated, highlighting the cardiovascular risk associated with abdominal obesity, risk of insulin resistance, as well as the development of hyperglycemia, and hypertriglyceridemia. The bicipital fold was thicker (19.67 mm) in the population with a sedentary lifestyle than in the physically active population (18.30 mm). Furthermore, the skinfolds that predict higher metabolic risks were suprailiac and subscapular in sedentary and active populations. Thus, these skinfold measurements could be considered in assessing the adult population for early cardiometabolic risk detection, even in healthy and physically active people.

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Development of subcutaneous fat in Spanish and Latin American children and adolescents: Reference values for biceps, triceps, subscapular and suprailiac skinfolds

Cited by 8 publications

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Waist circumference percentiles for Hispanic‐American children and comparison with other international references

Waist circumference percentiles for Hispanic‐American children and comparison with other international references

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

Skinfold Thickness as a Cardiometabolic Risk Predictor in Sedentary and Active Adult Populations

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