This study demonstrates the existence of a linear correlation between Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference in Italian school aged children and suggests an indirect method (from weight and height) to estimate waist circumference, whose increase may be indicative for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome.
Body mass index correlates with waist circumference in school aged Italian children / S. Pratesi; F. Paternostro; A. Tani; C. Sassoli; A.C. Cappellini. - In: DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE. - ISSN 0168-8227. - ELETTRONICO. - ...:(2012), pp. 7-9. [10.1016/j.diabres.2011.12.005]
Body mass index correlates with waist circumference in school aged Italian children
PATERNOSTRO, FERDINANDO;TANI, ALESSIA;SASSOLI, CHIARA;CAPPELLINI, ALDO CARLO
2012
Abstract
This study demonstrates the existence of a linear correlation between Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference in Italian school aged children and suggests an indirect method (from weight and height) to estimate waist circumference, whose increase may be indicative for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome.
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