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Waist circumference, waist‐to‐height ratio and BMI percentiles in children aged 5 to 19 years in India: A population‐based study

OBJECTIVE: Nationally representative percentiles for waist circumference (WC), waist‐to‐height‐ratio (WHtR), and body mass index (BMI) are not available for children and adolescents in India. METHODS: Using LMS method, age‐ and gender‐specific reference growth charts were constructed for WC (n = 68,...

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Autores principales: Sarna, Avina, Porwal, Akash, Acharya, Rajib, Ashraf, Sana, Ramesh, Sowmya, Khan, Nizamuddin, Sinha, Sikha, Sachdev, Harshpal Singh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8346379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401198
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.493