Are canadian pediatric nephrology patients really overweight?

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 359-364

  Yasin, Abeer ^a   Benidir, Andréanne ^a   Filler, Guido ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BMI adjusted for height age z score; BMI z score; Obesity; Weight adjusted for height age z score; Weight z score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84871550733     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CN107241     Document Type: Article

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