Is body mass index (BMI) a useful measure of excess body fatness in adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome?

BACKGROUND: To determine the validity of body mass index (BMI) to identify excess fatness in youth with Down syndrome (DS). METHODS: Using the CDC growth reference, we defined overweight (≥85(th) percentile) and obesity (≥95(th) percentile) based on participants’ age- and sex-specific BMI z-scores,...

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Päätekijät: Bandini, L. G., Fleming, R. K., Scampini, R., Gleason, J., Must, A.
Aineistotyyppi: Artigo
Kieli:Inglês
Julkaistu: 2012
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Linkit:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019440/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22974061
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01605.x
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