Use of mid-upper arm circumference for determining overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents.
Arch Dis Child
; 99(8): 763-6, 2014 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-24890851
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the use of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for identification of overweight and overfatness in rural South African children and adolescents.METHODS:
Anthropometric data (weight, height, MUAC and % body fat) from a cross-sectional sample of 978 black South African 5-14-year-olds were analysed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis determined the validity of MUAC as a proxy for determining overweight and overfatness.FINDINGS:
Area under the curve (AUC) results were generally high. Boys and girls aged 10-14 years had ROC-AUC for overfatness classed as 'excellent', 0.97 and 0.98 respectively. Cut-points in the MUAC distribution which optimised the ROC-AUC for identification of overfatness and obesity were determined for boys and girls aged 5-9 and 10-14 years, and had high sensitivity and specificity.CONCLUSIONS:
MUAC may have potential for clinical and surveillance applications as an accurate yet simple and widely available indicator of overweight and overfatness in children and adolescents in resource-poor settings.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Brazo
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Antropometría
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Sobrepeso
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Obesidad Infantil
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Dis Child
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Sudáfrica