Are age references for waist circumference, hip circumference and waist-hip ratio in Dutch children useful in clinical practice?

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 216-222

  Fredriks, A Miranda ^a,b   Van Buuren, Stef ^a   Fekkes, Minne ^a   Verloove Vanhorick, S Pauline ^a,b   Wit, Jan Maarten ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Hip circumference; Standards; The Netherlands; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 17444421898     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-004-1586-7     Document Type: Article

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