Relationships between direct and indirect measures of central and total adiposity in children: what are we measuring?

Objective: The relationship between central and total fat measured by anthropometry, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with each other and systolic blood pressure (SBP) was examined.

Design And Methods: Participants of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children were examined at ages 9, 11, 13, and 15 years (n = 3,796-6,567). MRI was available on a subset of children at 11 (n = 156) and 13 (n = 95).