Determining abdominal obesity cut-offs and relevant risk factors for anthropometric indices in Turkish children and adolescents

ÖZTÜRK, AHMET; Cicek, BETÜL; MAZICIOĞLU, MUSTAFA; Kurtoglu, Selim

doi:10.1515/jpem-2014-0327

Determining abdominal obesity cut-offs and relevant risk factors for anthropometric indices in Turkish children and adolescents

ÖZTÜRK A., Cicek B., MAZICIOĞLU M. M., Kurtoglu S.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, vol.28, pp.525-532, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 28
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1515/jpem-2014-0327
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.525-532
Keywords: abdominal obesity, adolescent, anthropometric indices, Turkish children, waist circumference
Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aim: To determine the >= 90th percentile values of waist circumference (WC) to calculate anthropometric measures, indices and relevant risk factors in 5358 Turkish children and adolescents.