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Distance and Percent Distance from Median BMI as Alternatives to BMI z-score

Body mass index z-score (BMIz) based on the CDC growth charts is widely used, but it is inaccurate above the 97(th) percentile. We explored the performance of alternative metrics based on the absolute distance or % distance of a child’s BMI from the median BMI for sex and age. We used longitudinal d...

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Publicat a:Br J Nutr
Autors principals: Freedman, David S, Woo, Jessica G, Ogden, Cynthia L, Xu, Ji H, Cole, Tim J
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: 2019
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7035962/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31439056
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114519002046
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