Percentile Reference Values for the Neck Circumference of Mexican Children

• Main Authors: Evelyn Valencia-Sosa (Author), Clío Chávez-Palencia (Author), Juan R. Vallarta-Robledo (Author), Enrique Romero-Velarde (Author), Alfredo Larrosa-Haro (Author), Edgar Manuel Vásquez-Garibay (Author), César Octavio Ramos-García (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neck circumference was studied for the first time in a pediatric population in 2010. Since then, various countries have proposed cutoff values to identify overweight, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. However, no reference values have been established for the Mexican child population. The aim of this...