Body Composition and BMI Growth Charts in Children With Down Syndrome | Zendy

Jacquelyn Hatch-Stein | Zendy; Babette S. Zemel | Zendy; Divya Prasad | Zendy; Heidi J. Kalkwarf | Zendy; Mary Pipan | Zendy; Sheela N. Magge | Zendy; Andrea Kelly | Zendy

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Body Composition and BMI Growth Charts in Children With Down Syndrome

Author(s) -

Jacquelyn Hatch-Stein,

Babette S. Zemel,

Divya Prasad,

Heidi J. Kalkwarf,

Mary Pipan,

Sheela N. Magge,

Andrea Kelly

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

pediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611

H-Index - 345

eISSN - 1098-4275

pISSN - 0031-4005

DOI - 10.1542/peds.2016-0541

Subject(s) - percentile , medicine , body mass index , growth chart , demography , pediatrics , statistics , mathematics , sociology

New US Down syndrome (DS) BMI growth charts were recently published, but their utility in identifying children with excess adiposity or increased cardiometabolic risk (CMR) remains unknown. We sought to compare the ability of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) BMI 85th percentile and DS-specific BMI 85th percentile to identify excess adiposity in children with DS.

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