Using LMS tables to determine waist circumference and waist-to-height ratios in Colombian children and adolescents: the FUPRECOL study

• Главные авторы: Robinson Ramírez-Vélez (Автор), Javier Moreno-Jiménez (Автор), Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista (Автор), Javier Martínez-Torres (Автор), Katherine González-Ruiz (Автор), Emilio González-Jiménez (Автор), Jacqueline Schmidt-RioValle (Автор), Felipe Lobelo (Автор), Antonio Garcia-Hermoso (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) are often used as indices predictive of central obesity. The aims of this study were: 1) to obtain smoothed centile charts and LMS tables for WC and WHtR among Colombian children and adolescents; 2) to evaluate the utility...