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Accuracy of neck circumference for diagnosing overweight in six- and seven-year-old children()

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the accuracy of neck circumference measurement as a method of diagnosing excess weight of six and seven-year-old children. METHODS: 1026 six and seven-year-old children were included and anthropometric data were collected using cut-off points for the Body Mass Index (BMI) Z-sc...

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Autores principales: Mucelin, Eduarda, Traebert, Jefferson, Zaidan, Milcia Almeida, Piovezan, Anna Paula, Nunes, Rodrigo Dias, Traebert, Eliane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9432317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33358966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2020.11.005
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author Mucelin, Eduarda
Traebert, Jefferson
Zaidan, Milcia Almeida
Piovezan, Anna Paula
Nunes, Rodrigo Dias
Traebert, Eliane
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Zaidan, Milcia Almeida
Piovezan, Anna Paula
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description OBJECTIVE: To estimate the accuracy of neck circumference measurement as a method of diagnosing excess weight of six and seven-year-old children. METHODS: 1026 six and seven-year-old children were included and anthropometric data were collected using cut-off points for the Body Mass Index (BMI) Z-score, in addition to the measurement of their neck circumference in centimeters. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to assess the correlation between neck circumference and BMI. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were calculated. The Receiver Operating Characteristic curve was used to measure the accuracy of neck circumference as a diagnostic method for excess weight. RESULTS: A positive linear correlation value was observed between neck circumference and BMI 0.572 (p < 0.001). The accuracy value of the global ROC curve was 0.772 (p < 0.001). Sensitivity and specificity showed low values, but high positive predictive values were observed, especially between measures of 30 and 31 cm. CONCLUSION: Neck circumference showed accuracy of 77.2% as a diagnostic method for overweightness in six and seven-year-old children.
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spelling pubmed-94323172022-09-08 Accuracy of neck circumference for diagnosing overweight in six- and seven-year-old children() Mucelin, Eduarda Traebert, Jefferson Zaidan, Milcia Almeida Piovezan, Anna Paula Nunes, Rodrigo Dias Traebert, Eliane J Pediatr (Rio J) Original Article OBJECTIVE: To estimate the accuracy of neck circumference measurement as a method of diagnosing excess weight of six and seven-year-old children. METHODS: 1026 six and seven-year-old children were included and anthropometric data were collected using cut-off points for the Body Mass Index (BMI) Z-score, in addition to the measurement of their neck circumference in centimeters. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to assess the correlation between neck circumference and BMI. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were calculated. The Receiver Operating Characteristic curve was used to measure the accuracy of neck circumference as a diagnostic method for excess weight. RESULTS: A positive linear correlation value was observed between neck circumference and BMI 0.572 (p < 0.001). The accuracy value of the global ROC curve was 0.772 (p < 0.001). Sensitivity and specificity showed low values, but high positive predictive values were observed, especially between measures of 30 and 31 cm. CONCLUSION: Neck circumference showed accuracy of 77.2% as a diagnostic method for overweightness in six and seven-year-old children. Elsevier 2020-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9432317/ /pubmed/33358966 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2020.11.005 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. on behalf of Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Piovezan, Anna Paula
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Accuracy of neck circumference for diagnosing overweight in six- and seven-year-old children()
title Accuracy of neck circumference for diagnosing overweight in six- and seven-year-old children()
title_full Accuracy of neck circumference for diagnosing overweight in six- and seven-year-old children()
title_fullStr Accuracy of neck circumference for diagnosing overweight in six- and seven-year-old children()
title_full_unstemmed Accuracy of neck circumference for diagnosing overweight in six- and seven-year-old children()
title_short Accuracy of neck circumference for diagnosing overweight in six- and seven-year-old children()
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9432317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33358966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2020.11.005
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