High discrepancy in abdominal obesity prevalence according to different waist circumference cut-offs and measurement methods in children: Need for age-risk-weighted standardized cut-offs?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Monzani, Alice ^a   Rapa, Anna ^a   Prodam, Flavia ^a   Fuiano, Nicola ^b   Diddi, Giuliana ^b   Petri, Antonella ^a   Bellone, Simonetta ^a   Bona, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Paediatric Allergy Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84954348433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146579     Document Type: Article

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