BACKGROUND: Measurements of anthropometric parameters are widely used in clinical practice as a convenient index of intraabdominal fat. The paper is aimed to reveal correlations between ultrasound measurement of intraabdominal depth (IAAT) and selected anthropometric and biochemical parameters in childhood. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 69 obese children (38 boys, BMI28.3+/-3.2, aged 12.8+/-0,52 and 31 girls with BMI27.4+/-5.02, 12.4+/-0.51), anthropometry, IAAT and laboratory tests were evaluated. Height, weight, BMI, waist and hip circumferences, 10 skinfolds and blood pressure were measured. Blood glucose, uric acid, lipids, inzulín and C-peptide levels were determined. Pearson's partial correlation coefficients after adjusting for age were calculated. In boys, the following significant correlations of IAAT were revealed: with BMI (r=0.44, p<0.06), chest (r=0.45, p<0.005) and hip (r=0.65, p<0.0001) circumferences, waist/hip ratio (WHR, r=0.61, p< or =0.0001), subscapular (r=0.45, p< or =0.005), axillary (r=0.55, p<0.0004), suprailiac (r=0.51, p< or =0.001) and abdominal (r=0.54, p=0.0004) skinfolds. However, among biochemical indexes only triglyceride level was associated with IAAT (r=0.41, p< or =0.01). In girls, the following significant correlations of IAAT were observed: with BMI (r=0.42, p< or =0.01), chest (r=0.42, p< or =0.01) and waist (r=0.46, p<0.009) circumferences, subscapular (r=0.46, p<0.009) and abdominal (r=0.52, p<0.003) skinfolds. In girls, no significant correlation of IAAT with WHR and metabolic parameters was found. CONCLUSIONS: IAAT in children is associated with anthropometric indexes of body fat distribution and in boys also with serum triglyceride level.
BACKGROUND: Measurements of anthropometric parameters are widely used in clinical practice as a convenient index of intraabdominal fat. The paper is aimed to reveal correlations between ultrasound measurement of intraabdominal depth (IAAT) and selected anthropometric and biochemical parameters in childhood. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 69 obesechildren (38 boys, BMI28.3+/-3.2, aged 12.8+/-0,52 and 31 girls with BMI27.4+/-5.02, 12.4+/-0.51), anthropometry, IAAT and laboratory tests were evaluated. Height, weight, BMI, waist and hip circumferences, 10 skinfolds and blood pressure were measured. Blood glucose, uric acid, lipids, inzulín and C-peptide levels were determined. Pearson's partial correlation coefficients after adjusting for age were calculated. In boys, the following significant correlations of IAAT were revealed: with BMI (r=0.44, p<0.06), chest (r=0.45, p<0.005) and hip (r=0.65, p<0.0001) circumferences, waist/hip ratio (WHR, r=0.61, p< or =0.0001), subscapular (r=0.45, p< or =0.005), axillary (r=0.55, p<0.0004), suprailiac (r=0.51, p< or =0.001) and abdominal (r=0.54, p=0.0004) skinfolds. However, among biochemical indexes only triglyceride level was associated with IAAT (r=0.41, p< or =0.01). In girls, the following significant correlations of IAAT were observed: with BMI (r=0.42, p< or =0.01), chest (r=0.42, p< or =0.01) and waist (r=0.46, p<0.009) circumferences, subscapular (r=0.46, p<0.009) and abdominal (r=0.52, p<0.003) skinfolds. In girls, no significant correlation of IAAT with WHR and metabolic parameters was found. CONCLUSIONS: IAAT in children is associated with anthropometric indexes of body fat distribution and in boys also with serum triglyceride level.