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

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
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.