Waist circumference percentiles in children and adolescents between 6 and 14 years from Santiago, Chile

Endocrinologia y Nutricion

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 296-303

  Carolina Avalos, F ^a   Díaz, Carlos ^b   Alejandro Martinez A ^a   Rodrigo Bancalari, D ^a   Juanita Zamorano, R ^c   Flavia Harbin, A ^c   Veronica Cerda F ^c   Manuel Fernandez V ^c   Gabriel Cavada, C ^c   Juan Arteaga, R ^c   Maria Valenzuela T ^c   Martin Toro R ^d   Hernan Garcia B ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Central Obesity; Chile; Percentiles; Waist Circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84861196162     PISSN: 15750922     EISSN: 15792021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.endonu.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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