ReviewRevista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo2014
[Waist circumference, waist/height ratio, and neck circumference as parameters of central obesity assessment in children].
Review in Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05563311 (Functional Assessment and Sleep Apnea in Obese Children and Adolescents After a Telerehabilitation Program), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Functional Assessment and Sleep Apnea in Obese Children and Adolescents After a Telerehabilitation Program
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Correlations and consistency of body composition measurement indicators and BMI: a systematic review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, body fat rate, total body fat mass and risk of low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022Pooled it
- Anthropometric Indicators as Body Fat Discriminators in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2017Pooled it
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- Correlation of anthropometric measurements with body mass index and estimation of the proportion of metabolic syndrome among overweight and obese children: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- The Association Between Obesity Measures and Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Korean Adolescents Aged 10-18 Years.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
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- Appropriate neck circumference and waist-to-height ratio cut-off points as predictors of obesity and cardiovascular risk in adolescents.Revista de saude publica · 2023Article
- BODY COMPOSITION ASSESSED BY DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY ON METABOLIC PROFILE AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN OBESE PATIENTS PRIOR TO BARIATRIC SURGERY.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Hypertension and Its Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in College Students in Hunan, China.International journal of general medicine · 2023Article
- Serum Cystatin C Levels Are Associated With Obesity in Adolescents Aged 14-17 Years.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Health indices for the evaluation and monitoring of health in children and adolescents in prevention and health promotion: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Neck circumference cut-offs for overweight and obesity in a group of Mexican adolescents.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
- Chest circumference in full-term newborns: how can it be predicted?BMC pediatrics · 2019Observational
- Neck Circumference and Its Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Pediatric Population.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- Considerations when Using Neck Circumference as a Screening Tool.Oman medical journal · 2016Article
- Excellent Intra and Inter-Observer Reproducibility of Wrist Circumference Measurements in Obese Children and Adolescents.PloS one · 2016Article
- [Factors associated with abdominal obesity in children].Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2015Article
- WAIST-TO-HEIGHT RATIO INDEX OR THE PREDICTION OF OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDREN.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao PauloArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyze studies that assessed the anthropometric parameters waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHR) and neck circumference (NC) as indicators of central obesity in children. DATA SOURCES: We searched PubMed and SciELO databases using the combined descriptors: "Waist circumference", "Waist-to-height ratio", "Neck circumference", "Children" and "Abdominal fat" in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Inclusion criteria were original articles with information about the WC, WHR and NC in the assessment of central obesity in children. We excluded review articles, short communications, letters and editorials. DATA SYNTHESIS: 1,525 abstracts were obtained in the search, and 68 articles were selected for analysis. Of these, 49 articles were included in the review. The WC was the parameter more used in studies, followed by the WHR. Regarding NC, there are few studies in children. The predictive ability of WC and WHR to indicate central adiposity in children was controversial. The cutoff points suggested for the parameters varied among studies, and some differences may be related to ethnicity and lack of standardization of anatomical site used for measurement.
conclusionsMore studies are needed to evaluate these parameters for determination of central obesity children. Scientific literature about NC is especially scarce, mainly in the pediatric population. There is a need to standardize site measures and establish comparable cutoff points between different populations.
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