Validating the waist-height ratio and developing centiles for use amongst children and adolescents

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-152

  Nambiar, Smita ^a   Truby, Helen ^a   Abbott, Rebecca A ^a   Davies, Peter S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular co morbidities; Childhood obesity; Validation; Waist height ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; QUEENSLAND; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 57449095167     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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