Creation of a reference dataset of neck sizes in children: Standardizing a potential new tool for prediction of obesity-associated diseases?

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Katz, Sherri L ^a,b   Vaccani, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Clarke, Janine ^c   Hoey, Lynda ^a   Colley, Rachel C ^a,b   Barrowman, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measures; Epidemiology; Neck circumference; Obesity; Sleep medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PREDICTION; REFERENCE DATABASE; STANDARDIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CANADA; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH SURVEY; NECK; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NECK; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84902702386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-159     Document Type: Article

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