A population-based comparison of BMI percentiles and waist-to-height ratio for identifying cardiovascular risk in youth

Determine whether waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) or sex- and age-specific percentiles of body mass index (BMI) better identifies cardiovascular risk. The third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) provided measurements on 7657 participants statistically weighted to represent 5...

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Published in:	The Journal of pediatrics Vol. 146; no. 4; pp. 482 - 488
Main Authors:	Kahn, Henry S., Imperatore, Giuseppina, Cheng, Yiling J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.04.2005 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adolescent Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research) Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Body Height Body Mass Index Body Weights and Measures Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular Diseases Child Child, Preschool Coronary heart disease Cross-Sectional Studies Female General aspects Heart Humans Male Medical sciences Risk Assessment HDL CDC HbA 1c LDL WHtR BMI NHANES III Human Pediatrics Cardiovascular disease Corporal biometry Coronary heart disease Vascular disease Body mass index Body size Adolescent Atherosclerosis Risk factor Cardiovascular risk Height Ratio Comparative study Public health
ISSN:	0022-3476, 1097-6833
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