Age-dependent percentile for waist circumference for Japanese children based on the 1992-1994 cross-sectional national survey data

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 166, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 655-661

  Inokuchi, Mikako ^a   Matsuo, Nobutake ^a,b   Anzo, Makoto ^a   Takayama, John Ichiro ^b   Hasegawa, Tomonobu ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Ethnicity; International comparison; LMS method; Waist circumference height ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34249075504     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0296-8     Document Type: Article

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