Waist-height ratio and body mass index as indicators of obesity and cardiometabolic risk in Korean children and adolescents

• Váldodahkkit: Min Yeong Kim (Dahkki), Sejin An (Dahkki), Young Suk Shim (Dahkki), Hae Sang Lee (Dahkki), Jin Soon Hwang (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Purpose We assessed the clinical relevance of waist-height ratio (WHtR) as an indicator of cardiometabolic risk and body fat mass measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) among Korean children and adolescents. Methods Data from 1,661 children and adolescents aged 10-18 years who participat...