The Comparison of the Body Composition of Children at the Early School Age from Urban and Rural Area in Southwestern Poland
Table 2
The segmental body composition of the examined children from 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
Right leg (RL)
FatP [%]
29.82 ± 3.45
30.96 ± 4.14
p = 0.09
27.34 ± 3.38
28.58 ± 5.00
p = 0.07
FatM [kg]
1.30 ± 0.45
1.47 ± 0.48
p = 0.02
1.27 ± 0.46
1.63 ± 1.11
p = 0.01#
FFM [kg]
3.01 ± 0.63
3.23 ± 0.68
p = 0.02
3.28 ± 0.79
3.53 ± 1.00
p = 0.08
Left leg (LL)
FatP [%]
30.18 ± 3.41
31.47 ± 4.21
p = 0.06
27.47 ± 3.42
28.81 ± 4.97
p = 0.06
FatM [kg]
1.29 ± 0.44
1.46 ± 0.48
p = 0.01
1.25 ± 0.46
1.59 ± 1.08
p = 0.01#
FFM [kg]
2.91 ± 0.59
3.11 ± 0.64
p = 0.03
3.18 ± 0.77
3.42 ± 0.97
p = 0.10
Right arm (RA)
FatP [%]
32.23 ± 3.42
32.76 ± 4.38
p = 0.44
28.75 ± 3.98
29.26 ± 4.72
p = 0.48
FatM [kg]
0.37 ± 0.13
0.42 ± 0.15
p = 0.03
0.34 ± 0.12
0.41 ± 0.25
p = 0.02#
FFM [kg]
0.76 ± 0.18
0.82 ± 0.18
p = 0.01
0.82 ± 0.19
0.89 ± 0.25
p = 0.05
Left arm (LA)
FatP [%]
32.50 ± 4.15
33.32 ± 5.17
p = 0.31
29.27 ± 3.88
30.26 ± 4.93
p = 0.17
FatM [kg]
0.39 ± 0.16
0.43 ± 0.16
p = 0.09
0.37 ± 0.13
0.46 ± 0.28
p = 0.01#
FFM [kg]
0.79 ± 0.18
0.84 ± 0.18
p = 0.05
0.88 ± 0.21
0.94 ± 0.25
p = 0.08
Trunk (TR)
FatP [%]
14.39 ± 3.90
15.63 ± 4.87
p = 0.11
12.70 ± 3.78
13.93 ± 4.69
p = 0.08
FatM [kg]
2.23 ± 1.01
2.64 ± 1.15
p = 0.01
2.09 ± 0.91
3.05 ± 3.14
p = 0.01#
FFM [kg]
12.70 ± 1.93
13.38 ± 1.99
p = 0.02
13.85 ± 1.71
14.34 ± 1.96
p = 0.11
Differences statistically significant between girls from urban and rural area. # Differences statistically significant between boys from urban and rural area.
