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Table 4 Prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity diagnosed according to IOTF (Body weight status) and according to McCarthy criteria (Body fat status), and association between body composition parameters and genetic factors in boys

From: FTO and MC4R polymorphisms, and selected pre-, peri- and postnatal factors as determinants of body mass index and fatness in children: a thorough analysis of the associations

Variable

Body mass status

Body fat status

 

BMI z scores

FMI z scores

FFMI z scores

FatM z scores

 

n

 

Underweight

Proper weight

Overweight

Obesity

n

Underweight

Proper weight

Overweight

Obesity

 

\(\overline{x }\)

SD

\(\overline{x }\)

SD

\(\overline{x }\)

SD

\(\overline{x }\)

SD

FTO

238

    

217

            

AA

  

7

32

4

0

 

0

37

8

9

 

0.29

1.40

-0.14

0.96

0.10

0.99

-0.09

0.98

   

3.21%

14.68%

1.83%

0,00%

 

0,00%

15.61%

3.38%

3.8%

         

AT

  

6

69

15

10

 

1

68

21

17

 

0.37

1.31

-0.06

1.03

0.07

1.02

0.04

1.10

   

2.75%

31.65%

6.88%

4.59%

 

0.42%

28.69%

8.86%

7.17%

         

TT

  

15

47

10

3

 

0

43

19

14

 

054

1.18

-0.07

0.82

0.16

0.91

0.003

0.82

   

6.88%

21.56%

4.59%

1.38%

 

0,00%

18.14%

8.02%

5.91%

         
  

χ2

6.02

    

3.80

   

F

0.65

0.15

0.18

0.33

  

p

0.42

    

0.70

   

p

0.52

0.86

0.84

0.72

MC4R

236

   

235

            

CC

  

0

6

3

1

 

0

4

3

3

 

1.08

1.14

0.16

1.03

0.63

0.94

0.41

1.12

   

0,00%

2.54%

1.27%

0.42%

 

0,00%

1.7%

1.28%

1.28%

         

CT

  

3

45

16

4

 

0

41

13

14

 

0.51

1.22

-0.04

0.93

0.17

0.92

0.01

0.92

   

1.27%

19.07%

6.78%

1.69%

 

0,00%

17.45%

5.53%

5.96%

         

TT

  

14

118

20

6

 

1

103

32

21

 

0.29

1.30

-0.14

0.93

0.03

0.99

-0.05

0.99

   

5.93%

50,00%

8.47%

2.54%

 

0.43%

43.83%

13.62%

8.94%

         
  

χ2

8.36

    

4.85

   

F

2.23

0.66

2.05

1.07

  

p

0.21

    

056

   

p

0.11

0.52

0.13

0.34

  1. \(\overline{x }\) – mean, BMI Body Mass Index, FMI Fat Mass Index, FFMI Fat Free Mass Index, FatM Fat Mass in kg