Body mass index in Saudi Arabian children and adolescents: a national reference and comparison with international standards

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Because there are no reference standards for body mass index (BMI) in Saudi children, we established BMI reference percentiles for normal Saudi Arabian children and adolescents and compared them with international standards. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Data from a stratified mul...

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Autores principales: Al Herbish, Abdullah S., El Mouzan, Mohammed I., Al Salloum, Abdullah A., Al Qureshi, Mansour M., Al Omar, Ahmed A., Foster, Peter J., Kecojevic, Tatjana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19700890
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.55162

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19700890
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.55162

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