Waist circumference percentiles for Hispanic-American children and comparison with other international references.

María Dolores MarrodánEstela RománMargarita CarmenateMarisa González-Montero de EspinosaAngel HerráezEnma Laura AlfaroDelia Beatriz LomaglioNoemí López-EjedaMaría Soledad MesaVanessa VázquezBetty Méndez PérezJuana María MeléndezSusana Moreno-RomeroConsuelo PradoJosé Edgardo Dipierri

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2020)

Specific WC percentiles for sex and age, and P90 cut-off points are provided; these values are potentially useful to assess central obesity in Hispanic-American adolescent children.

Keyphrases

young adults
body mass index
metabolic syndrome
african american
type diabetes
insulin resistance
mental health
body weight
weight gain
physical activity
skeletal muscle