Waist circumference percentile curves as a screening tool to predict cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome risk in Brazilian children

• Main Authors: Alynne Christian Ribeiro Andaki (Author), Edmar Lacerda Mendes (Author), Amanda Santos (Author), Ciro Jose Brito (Author), Adelson Luiz Araújo Tinôco (Author), Jorge Mota (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The goals of this study were to develop reference values for waist circumference (WC) in Brazilian children between 6-10 years old and to evaluate the WC performance in predicting cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children. This is a population-based epidemiological cross-...