Evaluation of diagnostic criteria and cut-off points to predict underweight among adolescents from the Brazilian semiarid region

• 主要な著者: Samuel Dumith (著者), Aline Monteiro (著者), Monica Muraro (著者), Mariane Dias (著者), Kara Machado (著者), Manoela Oliz (著者), Juraci Almeida Cesar (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco.
• 主題: article
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Abstract Objectives: to evaluate diagnostic criteria and to propose arm and calf circumference cutoff points to predict underweight in adolescents aged 13-19 years in two Brazilian municipalities of the semiarid region. Methods: underweight was defined as a Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than two z-s...