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Waist circumference percentiles in children and adolescents between 6 and 14 years from Santiago, Chile
Fecha
2012Registro en:
Endocrinologia y Nutricion, Volumen 59, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 296-303
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15792021
10.1016/j.endonu.2012.02.007
Autor
Avalos, Carolina
Díaz, Carlos
Martínez, Alejandro
Bancalari, Rodrigo
Zamorano, Juanita
Harbin, Flavia
Cerda F., Verónica
Fernández, Manuel
Cavada Chacón, Gabriel
Arteaga R., Juan
Valenzuela, María
Toro R., Martín
García B., Hernán
Institución
Resumen
Objective: To describe the percentile distribution of waist circumference (WC) by sex and age in a representative sample of children and adolescents of lower-middle and low socioeconomic status in Santiago, Chile. Methods: A cross-section of 3022 primary-school students between the ages of 6 and 14 from middle-low and low-class schools of Santiago. Ten schools from the Primary Education Society (SIP) in Santiago, Chile, were selected at random. WC was measured under standardized procedures as instructed by the WHO (midpoint between lower costal margin and iliac crest). The population was categorized between percentiles 10 and 90 and divided by sex and age. Results: WC tends to increase with age in both males and females, but no significant differences were found in the percentiles by age for boys and girls at any age range (. p>. 0.05). In our sample, comparing Chilean children with other populations (British, Australian, European-American, African-American, Mexican - American and Colo