Neck Circumference to Assess Obesity in Preschool Children
Author(s) -
Meda Kondolot,
Duygu Horoz,
Serpil Poyrazoğlu,
Arda Borlu,
Ahmet Öztürk,
Selim Kurtoğlu,
M. Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1308-5735
pISSN - 1308-5727
DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.3525
Subject(s) - medicine , percentile , anthropometry , obesity , body mass index , turkish , childhood obesity , demography , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , socioeconomic status , circumference , receiver operating characteristic , overweight , environmental health , population , statistics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , mathematics , geometry , sociology , optics
Limited information is available about the use of neck circumference (NC) to assess obesity in preschool children. This study aims to provide NC percentiles and determine the cut-off levels of NC as a measure to assess obesity in preschool children.
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