Abstract

FERNANDEZ VIEITEZ, Jorge Alberto. Estimación de la composición corporal por dos de las ecuaciones de Dezenberg para niños de 5 a 10 años. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2003, vol.29, n.1, pp. 37-41. ISSN 1561-3127.

In a sample of 123 children (61 boys and 62 girls) the body composition indicators: fatty mass, fat percentage, fat-free mass, fatty mass index and fat-free mass index were determined by 2 of the equations proposed by Dezenberg and others (1999). It was determined the difference and interchangeability between the analogous indexes derived from both fomulas. The differences although statistically significant proved to be small and lower than the standard estimation error considered ideal. Such divergences were higher in females and they were markedly correlated with the abdominal skinfold thickness. The equations offer similar values of the studied indexes in all the distribution range. It is concluded that the equations 4 and 5 of Dezenberg and others may be indistinctly used to evaluate groups of individuals and isolated subjects

Keywords : BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ANTHROPOMETRY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; OBESITY [complications]; CHILD; ADOLESCENCE.

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