Waist circumference percentiles in children and adolescents between 6 and 14 years from Santiago, Chile

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dc.contributor.authorAvalos, C.
dc.contributor.authorDiaz, C.
dc.contributor.authorMartinez, A.
dc.contributor.authorBancalari, R.
dc.contributor.authorZamorano, J.
dc.contributor.authorHarbin, F.
dc.contributor.authorCerda, V.
dc.contributor.authorFernandez, M.
dc.contributor.authorCavada, G.
dc.contributor.authorArteaga, J.
dc.contributor.authorValenzuela, M.
dc.contributor.authorToro, M.
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, H.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-12T03:51:30Z
dc.date.available2020-01-12T03:51:30Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractObjective: To describe the percentile distribution of waist circumference (WC) by sex and age in a representative sample of children and adolescents of lower-middle and low socioeconomic status in Santiago, Chile. Methods: A cross-section of 3022 primary-school students between the ages of 6 and 14 from middle-low and low-class schools of Santiago. Ten schools from the Primary Education Society (SIP) in Santiago, Chile, were selected at random. WC was measured under standardized procedures as instructed by the WHO (midpoint between lower costal margin and iliac crest). The population was categorized between percentiles 10 and 90 and divided by sex and age. Results: WC tends to increase with age in both males and females, but no significant differences were found in the percentiles by age for boys and girls at any age range (. p>. 0.05). In our sample, comparing Chilean children with other populations (British, Australian, European-American, African-American, Mexican - American and Colo
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dc.fuente.origenFacultad de Medicina
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.endonu.2012.02.007
dc.identifier.issn1575-0922
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/27421
dc.issue.numeroNo. 5
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final303
dc.pagina.inicio296
dc.revistaEndocrinología y Nutriciónes_ES
dc.subjectBody Heightes_ES
dc.subjectBody Mass Indexes_ES
dc.subjectBody Weightes_ES
dc.subjectCardiovascular Diseases/epidemiologyes_ES
dc.subjectChildes_ES
dc.subjectChile/epidemiologyes_ES
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studieses_ES
dc.subjectFemalees_ES
dc.subjectHumanses_ES
dc.subjectMalees_ES
dc.subjectMetabolic Syndrome X/epidemiologyes_ES
dc.subjectObesity, Abdominal/epidemiologyes_ES
dc.subjectRisk Factorses_ES
dc.subjectSampling Studieses_ES
dc.subject*Waist Circumferencees_ES
dc.subject.ddc610
dc.subject.deweyMedicina y saludes_ES
dc.subject.otherAntropometría - Chilees_ES
dc.subject.otherEvaluación nutricionales_ES
dc.subject.otherNutriciónes_ES
dc.titleWaist circumference percentiles in children and adolescents between 6 and 14 years from Santiago, Chilees_ES
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumenVol. 59
sipa.codpersvinculados1003862
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