Body fat distribution of children and adolescents in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria

Bibliographic Data

ID8312175
AuthorsIdowu O Senbanjo (0000-0001-9205-2577, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Lagos State University College of Medicine Ikeja Lagos State 100001 Nigeria, corresponding author), Kazeem A Oshikoya (0000-0003-3662-8476, Department of Paediatrics Lagos State University Teaching Hospital GRA Ikeja Lagos State 100001 Nigeria), Olanike A Olutekunbi (0000-0002-5822-7043, Department of Paediatrics Lagos State University Teaching Hospital GRA Ikeja Lagos State 100001 Nigeria), Olisamedua Fidelis Njokanma (Lagos State University)
Year2013
Volume150
Issue4
Pages647-654
Publication date2013-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.22241
PMID23446950
OpenAlexW2104527144
LanguageEN
References cited40

Excessive central fat in children and adolescents is a risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. This study aimed to compare the body fat distribution patterns of children and adolescents in Abeokuta, Nigeria with international reference standards. Five hundred seventy children aged 5 to 19 years were selected from seven schools using multistage random sampling. Weight, height, triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness (TSF, SSF), and circumference at the waist and hips (WC, HC) were measured. Body mass index (BMI), subscapular:triceps skinfold ratio (STR), waist:hip circumference ratio (WHR), and waist: height ratio (WHtR) were derived. Females had higher mean BMI, TSF, SSF, WC, HC, WHR, and WHtR, while males had significantly higher STR. The mean BMI, WC, TSF, and SSF values were lower for our subjects than for African‐American subjects at all ages. On the other hand, in both sexes, STR was higher among Nigerian than African‐American subjects up to 12 years old. Thereafter the values were similar. The mean WC was similar to those reported for African‐American males up to 8 years, and females up to 7 years of age; thereafter, African‐American had higher values. The prevalence of central obesity using WC and WHtR measures was 4.4% and 5.8%, respectively. There is a need to validate each index against serum lipid profiles and other cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors. Am J Phys Anthropol 150:647–654, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc

Body fat distribution · Body mass index · Circumference · Fat distribution · Obesity · Waist · Waist-to-height ratio · Waist–hip ratio · Birth, Development, and Health · Body Composition Measurement Techniques · Demography · Internal Medicine · Mathematics · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

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