Gendered Body Mass Index Percentile Charts and Transgender Youth: Making the Case to Change Charts

Body mass index (BMI) is defined as weight (kg)/height(2) (m(2)). Differences in BMI percentiles between sexes confound the diagnosis of weight-related disorders in transgender youth because choosing the appropriate chart is challenging. Data on BMI measures are needed for transgender youth, but the...

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Autores principales: Kidd, Kacie M., Sequeira, Gina M., Dhar, Cherie Priya, Montano, Gerald T., Witchel, Selma Feldman, Rofey, Dana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019
Materias:
Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6818482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31663036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2019.0016

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