Waist-to-height ratio, waist circumference and BMI as indicators of percentage fat mass and cardiometabolic risk factors in children aged 3-7 years

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 311-315

  Sijtsma, Anna ^a   Bocca, Gianni ^a   L'Abée, Carianne ^a   Liem, Eryn T ^a   Sauer, Pieter J J ^a   Corpeleijn, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Blood pressure; Body composition; Cholesterol; Insulin; Lipid

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEPTIN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84895487935     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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