Intra- And inter-observer reliability in anthropometric measurements in children

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 35, Issue , 2011, Pages S45-S51

  Stomfai, S ^a   Ahrens, W ^b   Bammann, K ^b   Kovacs E ^a   Marild S ^c   Michels, N ^d   Moreno, L A ^e   Pohlabeln, H ^b   Siani, A ^f   Tornaritis, M ^g   Veidebaum, T ^h   Molnar D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Anthropometric methods; Circumference; Reliability; Skinfold thickness; Technical error of measurement

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 79954444384     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.34     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Maynard LM, Wisemandle W, Roche AF, Chumlea WC, Guo SS, Siervogel RM. Childhood body composition in relation to body mass index. Pediatrics 2001; 107: 344–350.
2. Nagy E, Vicente-Rodriguez G, Manios Y, Béghin L, Iliescu C, Censi L. Harmonization process and reliability assessment of anthropometric measurements in a multicenter study in adolescents. Int J Obes (Lond) 2008; 32 (5): S58–S65.
3. Daniels SR, Morrison JA, Sprecher DL, Khoury P, Kimball TR. Association of body fat distribution and cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents. Circulation 1999; 99: 541–545.
4. Radley D, Gately PJ, Cooke CB, Carroll S, Oldroyd B, Truscott JG. Estimates of percentage body fat in young adolescents: A comparison of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and air displacement plethysmography. Eur J Clin Nutr 2003; 57: 1402–1410.
5. Brambilla P, Bedogni G, Moreno LA, Goran MI, Gutin B, Fox KR, Crossvalidation of anthropometry against magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue in children. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2006; 30: 23–30.
6. Rodrýguez G, Moreno LA, Blay MG, Blay VA, Garagorri JM, Sarrýa A. Body composition in adolescents: Measurements and metabolic aspects. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2004; 28 (3): S54–S58.
7. Frainer DE, Adami F, Vasconcelos FA, Assis MA, Calvo MC, Kerpel R. Standardization and reliability of anthropometric measurements for population surveys. Arch Latinoam Nutr 2007; 57: 335–342.
8. De Onis M, Onyango AW, Van den Broeck J, Chumlea Wm C, Martorell R. Measurement and standardisation protocols for anthropometry used in the construction of a new international growth reference. Food Nutr Bull 2004; 25: 27–36.
9. Moreno LA, Joyanes M, Mesana MI, Gonzalez-Gross M, Gil CM, Sarria A, Harmonization of anthropometric measurements for a multicenter nutrition survey in Spanish adolescents. Nutrition 2003; 19: 481–486.
10. Stone EJ, Norman JE, Davis SM, Stewart D, Clay TE, Caballero B. Design and quality control in the pathways American-Indian multicenter trial. Prev Med 2003; 37: 132.
11. Ulijaszek SJ, Kerr DA. Anthropometric measurement error and the assessment of nutritional status. Br J Nutr 1999; 82: 165.
12. Mueller WH, Martorell R. ‘Reliability and accuracy of measurement’, In: Lohman TG, Roche AF, Martorell R (eds), Anthropometric Standardization Reference Manual. Human Kinetics Books: Champaign, IL, 1988, pp 83–86.
13. Luciano A, Livieri C, Di Pietro ME, Bergamaschi G, Maffeis C. Definition of obesity in childhood: Criteria and limits. Minerva Pediatr 2003; 55: 453–459.
14. Eisenmann JC, Heelan KA, Welk GJ. Assessing body composition among 3-to 8-year-old children: Anthropometry, BIA, and DXA. Obes Res 2004; 12: 1633–1640.
15. Slaughter MH, Lohman TG, Boileau RA, Stillman RJ, Van Loan M, Horswill CA, Influence of maturation on relationship of skinfolds to body density: A cross-sectional study. Hum Biol 1988; 56: 681–689.