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Determining abdominal obesity cut-offs and relevant risk factors for anthropometric indices in Turkish children and adolescents

  • Ahmet Ozturk , Betul Cicek EMAIL logo , M. Mumtaz Mazicioglu and Selim Kurtoglu
Published/Copyright: December 16, 2014
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
From the journal Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism Volume 28 Issue 5-6

Abstract

Aim: To determine the ≥90th percentile values of waist circumference (WC) to calculate anthropometric measures, indices and relevant risk factors in 5358 Turkish children and adolescents.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Kayseri, Turkey, from February to April 2005. Cut-offs for body weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), triceps skinfold thickness, body mass index (BMI), and fat percentages were calculated for ≥90th percentile of WC.

Results: According to the results of binary multiple logistic regression analysis (the backward stepwise procedure), sleep duration (boys), maternal education (boys), elevator use (boys), and appetite (boys and girls) were revealed as significant predictors of abdominal obesity, adjusted for age. Appetite was the strongest variable to be associated with abdominal obesity for both genders.

Conclusions: According to receiver operating characteristic analysis, for all age groups within both genders, the best predictors to explain abdominal obesity were BMI and MUAC, respectively.

Keywords: abdominal obesity; adolescent; anthropometric indices; Turkish children; waist circumference
Corresponding author: Betul Cicek, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, Phone: +90 352 207 66 66/28654, Fax: +90 352 437 92 81, E-mail:

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Article note

This study was awarded the 1st degree by Erciyes University, School of Medicine, Gevher Nesibe Research Survey Rewards on March 14, 2009, Medical Festival.

Received: 2014-8-1
Accepted: 2014-10-30
Published Online: 2014-12-16
Published in Print: 2015-5-1

©2015 by De Gruyter

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https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2014-0327
Keywords for this article
abdominal obesity; adolescent; anthropometric indices; Turkish children; waist circumference

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  2. Highlight: Obesity
  3. Childhood obesity at the crossroads
  4. Obesogenic environments: environmental approaches to obesity prevention
  5. Childhood obesity and eating behaviour
  6. Hypothalamic obesity in children: pathophysiology to clinical management
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  9. The effect of body mass index on blood pressure varies by race among obese children
  10. Insulin secretion response during oral glucose tolerance test is related to low cardiorespiratory fitness in obese adolescents
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  24. Pitfalls in hormonal diagnosis of 17-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase III deficiency
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