Assessing the impact of adjusting for maturity in weight status classification in a cross-sectional sample of UK children

OBJECTIVES: To compare the weight categorisation of a cohort of UK children using standard procedures (ie, comparing body mass index (BMI) centiles to age-matched UK reference data) versus an approach adjusted for maturation status (ie, matching relative to biological age). DESIGN: Analysis of data...

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Autores principales: Gillison, Fiona, Cumming, Sean, Standage, Martyn, Barnaby, Catherine, Katzmarzyk, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Materias:
Paediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28652292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015769

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28652292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015769

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