Reference curves for BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio for Azorean adolescents (Portugal)

Objective: There are no percentile curves for BMI, waist circumference (WC) or waist-to-height ratio (WHIR) available for Portuguese children and adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to develop age- and sex-specific BMI, WC and WHtR percentile curves for a representative sample of adole...

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Main Author: Rute Santos (author)
Other Authors: Carla Moreira (author), Jonatan R Ruiz (author), Susana Vale (author), Luisa Soares Miranda (author), Pedro Moreira (author), Luis Lopes (author), Ana I Marques (author), Antonio Oliveira Tavares (author), Paula C Santos (author), Sandra Abreu (author), Manuel J Coelho Silva (author), Jorge Mota (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Ciências da Saúde, Ciências da saúde
Health sciences, Health sciences
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/98623
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/98623

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https://hdl.handle.net/10216/98623

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