Authors
Bo Xi, Xin’nan Zong, Roya Kelishadi, Mieczysław Litwin, Young Mi Hong, Bee Koon Poh, Lyn M Steffen, Sonya V Galcheva, Isabelle Herter-Aeberli, Tadeusz Nawarycz, Małgorzata Krzywińska-Wiewiorowska, Anuradha Khadilkar, Michael D Schmidt, Hannelore Neuhauser, Anja Schienkiewitz, Zbigniew Kułaga, Hae Soon Kim, Barbara Stawińska-Witoszyńska, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Abd Talib Ruzita, Violeta M Iotova, Aneta Grajda, Mohd Noor Ismail, Alicja Krzyżaniak, Ramin Heshmat, Velin Stratev, Agnieszka Różdżyńska-Świątkowska, Gelayol Ardalan, Mostafa Qorbani, Anna Świąder-Leśniak, Lidia Ostrowska-Nawarycz, Yoto Yotov, Veena Ekbote, Vaman Khadilkar, Alison J Venn, Terence Dwyer, Min Zhao, Costan G Magnussen, Pascal Bovet
Publication date
2020/4
Journal
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume
105
Issue
4
Pages
e1569-e1583
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Context
No universal waist circumference (WC) percentile cutoffs used have been proposed for screening central obesity in children and adolescents.
Objective
To develop international WC percentile cutoffs for children and adolescents with normal weight based on data from 8 countries in different global regions and to examine the relation with cardiovascular risk.
Design and Setting
We used pooled data on WC in 113,453 children and adolescents (males 50.2%) aged 4 to 20 years from 8 countries in different regions (Bulgaria, China, Iran, Korea, Malaysia, Poland, Seychelles, and Switzerland). We calculated WC percentile cutoffs in samples including or excluding children with obesity, overweight, or underweight. WC percentiles were generated using the general additive model for location, scale, and shape (GAMLSS). We also estimated the predictive …
Scholar articles
B Xi, X Zong, R Kelishadi, M Litwin, YM Hong, BK Poh… - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2020