Low Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Mass Index-Based and Waist Circumference-Based References of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Identifying Overfat among Chinese Children and Adolescents
Joint Authors
Wang, Lin
Chen, Yiyang
Zhang, Yu
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-12-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of body mass index- (BMI-) based and waist circumference- (WC-) based references for childhood overweight and obesity in screening overfat individuals among 2134 Chinese children and adolescents.
In this study, overfat status was defined as over 25% body fat for boys and over 30% for girls.
Childhood obesity or overweight was defined by four BMI-based references and two WC-based references.
All BMI-based references for obesity showed low sensitivity (SE) (0.128–0.473) but high specificity (SP) (0.971–0.998) in detecting overfat individuals in the current population.
SE values increased from 0.493 to 0.881 when BMI- and WC-based references for overweight were used to detect overfat individuals.
All references for overweight showed high SP rates (0.816–0.966).
To improve diagnostic accuracy for childhood obesity, further studies may define a cut-off value for childhood obesity specific for a local population and ethnicity by using health-related overfat data.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chen, Yiyang& Zhang, Yu& Wang, Lin. 2018. Low Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Mass Index-Based and Waist Circumference-Based References of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Identifying Overfat among Chinese Children and Adolescents. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126749
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chen, Yiyang…[et al.]. Low Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Mass Index-Based and Waist Circumference-Based References of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Identifying Overfat among Chinese Children and Adolescents. BioMed Research International No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126749
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chen, Yiyang& Zhang, Yu& Wang, Lin. Low Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Mass Index-Based and Waist Circumference-Based References of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Identifying Overfat among Chinese Children and Adolescents. BioMed Research International. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1126749
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1126749