Hawk L J, Brook C G
Br Med J. 1979 Jan 20;1(6157):151-2. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6157.151.
Comparison of skinfold thicknesses measured in childhood and again 15 years later in 318 male and 303 female subjects disclosed only a moderate relation between the two measurements. Where adult fatness could be predicted from combinations of skinfold thicknesses in childhood the accuracy in 95% of cases lay at the mean between +/- 8% and +/- 18% according to age and sex.