The Comparison of the Body Composition of Children at the Early School Age from Urban and Rural Area in Southwestern Poland
Table 1
Anthropometric data of the studied children from the urban and rural areas.
Urban Girls (GU) n = 89 Mean ± SD
Rural Girls (GR) n = 89 Mean ± SD
p
Urban Boys (BU) n = 80 Mean ± SD
Rural Boys (BR) n = 71 Mean ± SD
p
Height [cm]
126.77 ± 7.35
128.62 ± 7.80
p = 0.11
129.01 ± 6.73
130.35 ± 7.67
p = 0.25
Weight [kg]
25.69 ± 5.38
27.77 ± 5.77
p = 0.01
27.27 ± 5.37
29.55 ± 7.78
p = 0.04#
BMI [kg/m2]
15.85 ± 2.15
16.66 ± 2.36
p = 0.02
16.24 ± 1.99
17.18 ± 3.10
p = 0.03#
BMI for age percentile
45.39 ± 29.94
54.65 ± 30.17
p = 0.04
46.99 ± 27.43
54.25 ± 28.27
p = 0.11
Adipose tissue in percent (FatP) [%]
21.10 ± 3.67
22.44 ± 4.03
p = 0.02
18.89 ± 3.64
20.50 ± 5.10
p = 0.02#
Fat Mass (FatM) [kg]
5.57 ± 2.14
6.41 ± 2.40
p = 0.01
5.30 ± 1.97
6.41 ± 3.65
p = 0.02#
Fat – free mass FFM [kg]
20.13 ± 3.46
21.36 ± 3.62
p = 0.02
21.98 ± 3.62
23.15 ± 4.39
p = 0.07
Differences statistically significant between girls from urban and rural area. # Differences statistically significant between boys from urban and rural area.
