RT Journal Article
T1 Waist circumference percentiles for Hispanic‐American children and comparison with other international references
A1 Marrodán Serrano, María Dolores
A1 Román, Estela M.
A1 Carmenate, María Margarita
A1 González-Montero de Espinosa, Marisa
A1 Herráez, Ángel
A1 Alfaro, Enma Laura
A1 Lomaglio, Delia Beatriz
A1 López-Ejeda, Noemí
A1 Mesa Santurino, María Soledad
A1 Vázquez, Vanessa
A1 Méndez Pérez, Betty
A1 Meléndez, Juana María
A1 Moreno-Romero, S.
A1 Prado Martínez, Consuelo
A1 Dipierri, José E.
AB IntroductionWaist circumference (WC) constitutes an indirect measurement of central obesity in children and adolescents.ObjectiveTo provide percentiles of WC for Hispanic‐American children and adolescents, and compare them with other international references.Materials and methodsThe sample comprised 13 289 healthy children between 6 and 18 years coming from public schools of middle and low socioeconomic levels in different parts of Argentina, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela. The LMS method to calculate WC percentiles was applied. Sex and age differences were assessed using Student's t test and ANOVA (SPSS v.21.0). Comparisons were established with references from the United States, Colombia, India, China, Australia, Kuwait, Germany, Tunisia, Greece, and Portugal.ResultsWC increases with age in both sexes. Boys show higher WC in P3, P50, and P97. Comparison of 50th and 90th percentiles among populations from diverse sociocultural and geographical contexts shows high variability, not all justified by the measurement method.Discussion and conclusionsSpecific WC percentiles for sex and age, and P90 cut‐off points are provided; these values are potentially useful to assess central obesity in Hispanic‐American adolescent children.
PB Wiley
SN 1520-6300
YR 2020
FD 2020-09-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7720
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7720
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
NO National Universityof Catamarca
NO National Agency for Scientific and Technological Promotion
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025