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Rev Mex Pediatr 2010; 77 (6)

Use of anthropometric indicators of overweight-obesity in adolescents

Ortiz-Pérez H, Molina-Frechero N, Castañeda-Castaneira E

Language: Spanish
References: 32
Page: 241-247
PDF size: 195.97 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective. Identify anthropometric indicators that present the greatest correlation in the diagnosis of overweight and obesity in adolescents and its association with gender, age, blood pressure, family history of obesity, high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Material and methods. Cross-sectional study with 487 adolescents between 16 and 19 years of age of a public High School in the Mexico City. BMI was used to diagnose overweight and obesity according to cut-off proposed by the International Obesity Task Force. Waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHR), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were used as fat distribution indexes.
Results. 52.9% of the students were male. The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 22.9 and 4.4%. There were association between overweight-obesity and the average values of WC, WHR, WHR, and blood pressure (p ‹ 0.001). The correlation between BMI and waist circumference and waist-height were the strongest (r = 0.823 and r = 0.845, respectively).
Conclusion. We recommend using BMI, WC, and WHR in clinical practice for diagnosis and treatment overweight and obesity.


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