| Obese girls | Normal-weight girls | ||||||||||
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 | IMCL (AU) | VAT (cm 2 ) | SAT (cm 2 ) | IMCL (AU) | VAT (cm 2 ) | SAT (cm 2 ) | ||||||
 | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p |
Subscapular skinfold thickness (mm) | ns | ns | 0.77 | 0.003 | 0.95 | < 0.0001 | ns | ns | ns | ns | 0.47 | 0.09 |
Triceps skinfold (mm) | ns | ns | 0.56 | 0.06 | 0.63 | 0.03 | ns | ns | ns | ns | 0.53 | 0.05 |
Waist circumference-umbilicus (cm) | ns | ns | 0.79 | 0.002 | 0.82 | 0.001 | ns | ns | 0.74 | 0.002 | 0.85 | < 0.0001 |
Waist circumference-iliac crest (cm) | ns | ns | 0.78 | 0.003 | 0.89 | 0.0001 | ns | ns | 0.81 | 0.0005 | 0.86 | < 0.0001 |
Waist to hip ratio | 0.78 | 0.008 | 0.62 | 0.04 | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
Waist to height ratio | ns | ns | 0.82 | 0.001 | 0.73 | 0.007 | ns | ns | 0.73 | 0.003 | 0.86 | < 0.0001 |
Total fat (kg) | ns | ns | 0.56 | 0.05 | 0.96 | < 0.0001 | ns | ns | 0.70 | 0.003 | 0.65 | 0.009 |
Percent body fat (%) | 0.57 | 0.05 | 0.55 | 0.05 | 0.77 | 0.002 | ns | ns | 0.70 | 0.003 | 0.66 | 0.007 |
Trunk fat (kg) | 0.56 | 0.06 | 0.59 | 0.03 | 0.91 | < 0.0001 | ns | ns | 0.77 | 0.0007 | 0.74 | 0.002 |
Extremity fat (kg) | ns | ns | 0.54 | 0.05 | 0.93 | < 0.0001 | ns | ns | ns | ns | 0.48 | 0.07 |
Percent trunk fat (%) | 0.69 | 0.01 | 0.70 | 0.007 | 0.52 | 0.07 | ns | ns | 0.79 | 0.0004 | 0.71 | 0.003 |
Percent extremity fat (%) | -0.59 | 0.04 | -0.70 | 0.008 | -0.53 | 0.06 | ns | ns | -0.80 | 0.0004 | -0.63 | 0.01 |
Trunk to extremity fat ratio | 0.59 | 0.04 | 0.72 | 0.006 | 0.53 | 0.06 | ns | ns | 0.79 | 0.0004 | 0.72 | 0.003 |