ArticlePloS one2024
MULT: An allometric body mass index (ABMI) reference to assess nutritional status of multiethnic children and adolescents.
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- Untangling weight from height: A generalised body mass index (gBMI) approach to evaluating child and adolescent nutritional status in India.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Article
- Overweight risk in early adolescence according to children's BMI growth channelling changes in international growth standard/references.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Accuracy of the international growth charts to diagnose obesity according to the body composition analysis in US children and adolescents.The British journal of nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo develop an allometric body mass index (ABMI) reference that adjusts the weight in relation to height, taking into account the changes during development (MULT ABMI reference), and to compare it with international BMI references.
methodsThe MULT ABMI reference was constructed through the LMS method, calculated with 65 644 ABMI observations of 17 447 subjects aged 5-22 years, from the United Kingdom, Ethiopia, India, Peru, Vietnam, Portugal, and Brazil. The M, S, and L curves of the MULT ABMI reference were compared with the curves of the MULT, World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), and Dutch Growth Study (DUTCH).
resultsThe greater differences in the M curve between MULT ABMI and WHO, CDC, IOTF, DUTCH, and MULT BMI references were around puberty (138 to 150 months for boys; 114 to 132 for girls). MULT ABMI presented S values similar to IOTF and DUTCH BMI references for boys 60 to 114 months and then became higher, approaching the MULT BMI S values from 198 to 240 months. For girls the MULT ABMI S values were close to the IOTF, CDC, and DUTCH from 60 to 110 months, and then became higher, approaching the MULT BMI S values until 240 months.
conclusionMULT ABMI presented an advantage in comparison to the existing BMI references because it takes into account the growth changes during puberty and is a new option to assess the nutritional status of multiethnic populations.
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