PMID- 21163089
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130624
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 0254-6450 (Print)
IS  - 0254-6450 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 6
DP  - 2010 Jun
TI  - [Body mass index cut-offs for overweight and obesity in Chinese children and 
      adolescents aged 2 - 18 years].
PG  - 616-20
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To study the body cut-offs of mass index (BMI) for the purpose of 
      screening overweight and obesity for Chinese children and adolescents aged 2 - 18 
      years. METHODS: Based on the BMI growth reference values for Chinese children 
      aged 0 - 18, using the common methods to establish the BMI cut-offs for screening 
      overweight and obesity. These methods were having the same empirical percentile 
      or Z scores and the BMI value at 18 years consistent with adults. Three sets of 
      BMI cut-offs, including (BMI(2)(4), BMI(2)(8)), (P(8)(5), P(9)(5)) and (Z(1), Z(2)), were initially 
      identified. Differences were compared on different cut-off points and prevalence 
      rates of overweight and obesity with different BMI reference, different values 
      and "prevalence" of overweight and obesity based on "2004 Beijing Child and 
      Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome Study". Cut-offs standards which recommended by the 
      Chinese Working Group on Obesity for Children (WGOC) and by the International 
      Obesity Task Force (IOTF) were also used. Finally the appropriate cut-offs were 
      defined. RESULTS: Three sets of BMI cut-offs for screening overweight and obesity 
      for Chinese children and adolescents aged 2 - 18 years were obtained according to 
      the above mentioned methods for selection. The prevalence rates of overweight and 
      obesity defined by those cut-offs appeared not to be significantly different. 
      Compared with the WGOC, the BMI cut-off points for screening overweight and 
      obesity for both boys and girls from our study were very close to the WGOC', but 
      cut-off points for screening overweight for girls aged 8.5 - 15.5 y was 0.3 - 1.0 
      kg/m(2) lower than the WGOC'. Going through the database on screening of "2004 
      Beijing Children's Metabolic Syndrome Survey", the prevalence of overweight for 
      girls was about 3.4% higher than using the cut-offs of WGOC. CONCLUSION: Results 
      from this study suggested that the BMI cut-offs passed through the cut-off point 
      of BMI(2)(4) and BMI(2)(8) at 18 years was appropriate for screening overweight and 
      obesity in Chinese children from 2 to 18 years, and achieved the continuity in 
      age and consistency in screening standard when using the BMI indicator in 
      children and adolescents.
FAU - Li, Hui
AU  - Li H
AD  - Department of Growth and Development, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 
      100020, China. huiligrowth@163.com
FAU - Zong, Xin-nan
AU  - Zong XN
FAU - Ji, Cheng-ye
AU  - Ji CY
FAU - Mi, Jie
AU  - Mi J
LA  - chi
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - China
TA  - Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
JT  - Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi
JID - 8208604
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Asian People
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - China/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology/*prevention & control
MH  - Overweight/epidemiology/*prevention & control
MH  - Reference Values
EDAT- 2010/12/18 06:00
MHDA- 2013/06/26 06:00
CRDT- 2010/12/18 06:00
PHST- 2010/12/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/12/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/06/26 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2010 Jun;31(6):616-20.