Cardiometabolic Risk Assessments by Body Mass Index z-Score or Waist-to-Height Ratio in a Multiethnic Sample of Sixth-Graders

• Main Authors: Henry S. Kahn (Author), Laure El ghormli (Author), Russell Jago (Author), Gary D. Foster (Author), Robert G. McMurray (Author), John B. Buse (Author), Diane D. Stadler (Author), Roberto P. Treviño (Author), Tom Baranowski (Author), HEALTHY Study Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Convention defines pediatric adiposity by the body mass index z-score (BMIz) referenced to normative growth charts. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) does not depend on sex-and-age references. In the HEALTHY Study enrollment sample, we compared BMIz with WHtR for ability to identify adverse cardiometabol...