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Body mass index of children from the United Kingdom diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorders
Author(s) -
Whiteley Paul,
Dodou Kalliopi,
Todd Lynda,
Shattock Paul
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01946.x
Subject(s) - medicine , percentile , body mass index , overweight , obesity , pediatrics , demography , body height , body weight , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Background: The aim of the present study was to ascertain the Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg m –2 ) derived from parental reports of height (metres) and weight (kilograms) of a pilot sample of boys born and resident in the UK diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD).Method: Analysis of parental reporting of height and weight measurements in boys ( n = 50) diagnosed with PDD and comparison with age and sex‐matched reference populations.Results: The majority of patients were above the 50th percentile for height (70%), weight (74%) and BMI (80%) with 21% exceeding cut‐off points for overweight and 10% for clinical obesity. There were no significant differences ( P < 0.05) found between PDD subgroups for any of the measures.Conclusion: Further studies are required to validate findings of skewed height, weight and BMI data in PDD.