Creation of a reference dataset of neck sizes in children: standardizing a potential new tool for prediction of obesity-associated diseases?

BACKGROUND: Neck circumference (NC), is an emerging marker of obesity and associated disease risk, but is challenging to use as a screening tool in children, as age and sex standardized cutoffs have not been determined. A population-based sample of NC in Canadian children was collected, and age- and...

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Autores principales: Katz, Sherri L, Vaccani, Jean-Philippe, Clarke, Janine, Hoey, Lynda, Colley, Rachel C, Barrowman, Nicholas J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4110068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24952386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-14-159

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4110068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24952386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-14-159

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