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ArticleBMC pediatrics2022

Predictors of central and general obesity in Iranian preschool children: which anthropometric indices can be used as screening tools?

Farzaneh Mardali, Mahdyieh Naziri, Mohammad Hassan Sohouli, Somaye Fatahi, Fatemeh Sadat Hosseini-Baharanchi, Mihnea-Alexandru Găman, Farzad Shidfar

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Article in BMC pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Farzaneh MardaliDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahdyieh NaziriStudent of Research Committee, Faculty of Public Health Branch, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Hassan SohouliDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology, Research Institute Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Somaye FatahiStudent of Research Committee, Faculty of Public Health Branch, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh Sadat Hosseini-BaharanchiMinimally Invasive Surgery Research Center & Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mihnea-Alexandru GămanFaculty of Medicine, Department of Hematology, Center of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
Farzad ShidfarDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. shidfar.f@iums.ac.ir.
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo compare the ability of anthropometric indices [waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), neck-to-height ratio (NHR), conicity index (CI), body adiposity index (BAI), tri-ponderal mass index (TMI) and body mass index (BMI)] and,measuerments like neck(NC), hip(HC) and waist circumferences to predict overweight and obesity in Iranian preschool children. MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 498 Iranian preschool children were included in this case-control study conducted in Tehran, Iran. The participants were selected using the stratified random sampling procedure based on gender and school. Using sex-based receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis, we compared the area under the curve and defined the cut-off points for detecting central and general obesity for each index in order to identify the most suitable tools in predicting obesity.

resultsBoys had significantly higher values for NC, WC, WHR, NHR, CI, TMI and BMI as compared to girls, whereas BAI and HC were higher in girls. The area under the curve was calculated for all the possible predictors of central obesity, i.e., NC (0.841-0.860), WC (0.70-0.679), HC (0.785-0.697), WHR (0.446-0.639) and CI (0.773-0.653) in boys and girls, respectively. And according to the ROC curve analysis, BMI (0.959-0.948), TMI (0.988-0.981), WHtR (0.667-0.553) and NHR (0.785-0.769) were predictors of general obesity and NC (0.841-0.860) as predictor of central obesity in boys and girls, respectively. The optimal cut-off points for TMI (13.80-15.83), NC (28.68-27.5) and for other anthropometric indices were estimated in both boys and girls.

conclusionTMI and NC seem to predict general and central obesity in Iranian preschool children.

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ObesityObesity, AbdominalCase-Control StudiesChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansIranMaleWaist-Height RatioBody mass indexConicity indexObesityOverweightPonderal indexWaist circumferenceWaist to hip ratio

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