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Influence of sexual maturation status on the relationship between body adiposity indicators and age: a cross-sectional study

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To determine the influence of sexual maturation status on adiposity indicators of children and adolescents. RESULTS: 2412 individuals participated, 1285 (47.4%) males and 1408 (52.6%) females. There was moderate to weak correlation between age and adiposity indicators for both sexes. By analyzing the relationship between age and body fat indexes adjusted for Sexual Maturation Status, several changes were observed, mainly in girls. Precocious maturation was associated with increased adiposity indicators in girls, whereas late maturation was associated with decreased adiposity indicators in both sexes. Precocious maturation was associated with increased adiposity indicators in girls, whereas late maturation was associated with decreased adiposity indicators in both sexes.

Source: BMC Research Notes

DOI: 10.1186/s13104-019-4095-5

Authors: Livia Akemi Ramos Takahashi, Francisco Winter dos Santos Figueiredo, Jucemar Benedet, Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos, Fernando Adami

Institutions: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Language: English

Topic: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,390