Waist circumference percentiles for Hispanic-American children and comparison with other international references.
<p>Data were collected from healthy children (6 to 18 years old) from public schools of middle and low socioeconomic levels in different parts of Argentina, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela. The LMS method was applied to calculate smoothed percentiles depending on age and sex groups. Compari...
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| Tipo de recurso: | conjunto de datos |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consorcio Madroño |
| Repositorio: | e-cienciaDatos, Repositorio de Datos del Consorcio Madroño |
| OAI Identifier: | doi:10.21950/CUV176 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.21950/CUV176 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Waist circumference Percentile Children LMS method |
| Sumario: | <p>Data were collected from healthy children (6 to 18 years old) from public schools of middle and low socioeconomic levels in different parts of Argentina, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela. The LMS method was applied to calculate smoothed percentiles depending on age and sex groups. Comparisons were established with references from the United States, Colombia, India, China, Australia, Kuwait, Germany, Tunisia, Greece, and Portugal.</p> <p>Waist circumference constitutes an indirect measurement of central obesity in children and adolescents. The aim was to provide percentiles of WC for Hispanic-American children and adolescents, and compare them with other international references.</p> |
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