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

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 of thes...

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2017
Institución:
Universidad del Rosario
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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
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eng
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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/21333
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-017-0919-4
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/21333
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Obesidad central
Valores de referencia
Indices antropométricos
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Central obesity
Reference values
Anthropometric indices
Obesidad
Peso corporal
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