Comparison of waist circumference percentiles versus body mass index percentiles for diagnosis of obesity in a large cohort of children

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-156

  Reilly, John J ^a   Dorosty, Ahmad R ^b   Ghomizadeh, Narges Miri ^a,b   Sherriff, Andrea ^a   Wells, Jonathan C ^c   Ness, Andrew R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; BMI; Children; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Obesity; Waist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OVERWEIGHT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77949386191     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477160903159440     Document Type: Article

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