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, cilt.28, ss.525-532, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1515/jpem-2014-0327
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.525-532
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: abdominal obesity, adolescent, anthropometric indices, Turkish children, waist circumference, WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE PERCENTILES, BODY-MASS INDEX, METABOLIC SYNDROME, MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT, BRITISH CHILDREN, HIP RATIO, OVERWEIGHT, FAT, PREVALENCE, CHILDHOOD
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.