PMID- 24196765
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20141031
LR  - 20220722
IS  - 1668-3501 (Electronic)
IS  - 0325-0075 (Linking)
VI  - 111
IP  - 6
DP  - 2013 Dec
TI  - Prevalence of overweight and obesity in students from different altitudinal zones 
      of Jujuy according to three international references (IOTF, CDC and WHO).
PG  - 516-22
LID - 10.5546/aap.2013.eng.516 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION. Prevalences of overweight and obesity in students from different 
      altitudinal zones of Jujuy are compared using the International Obesity Task 
      Force (IOTF), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health 
      Organization (WHO) references, and the agreement among them. MATERIAL AND 
      METHODS. Weight and height data from 15 541 students were grouped in highlands 
      (HL) (>/=2500 MASL) and lowlands (LL) (<2500 MASL) and in two age groups (5-6.99 
      years old and 11-12.99 years old). Overweight and obesity prevalences were 
      calculated according to the different references. The differences in outcome 
      measures and prevalences were established using the ?2 test and the t test, and 
      agreement among the criteria was calculated using the kappa index. RESULTS. 
      Students from the HL had lower weight, height and body mass index (BMI) values 
      (p< 0.05). Overweight and obesity prevalences compared to the WHO reference were 
      higher, except for overweight in students of both sexes, from 11 to 12.99 years 
      old, from the HL and the LL. Regardless of the references, gender and age, 
      overweight and obesity prevalences were generally higher in the LL. Agreement 
      between the IOTF and the CDC was good-very good, and agreement among them and the 
      WHO was fair-moderate. CONCLUSIONS. Students from the HL had a lower overweight 
      and obesity prevalence. The greatest agreement was observed between the IOTF and 
      the CDC references.
FAU - Meyer, Elena
AU  - Meyer E
FAU - Carrillo, Rafael
AU  - Carrillo R
FAU - Roman, Estela Maria
AU  - Roman EM
FAU - Bejarano, Ignacio Felipe
AU  - Bejarano IF
FAU - Dipierri, Jose Edgardo
AU  - Dipierri JE
LA  - eng
LA  - spa
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Argentina
TA  - Arch Argent Pediatr
JT  - Archivos argentinos de pediatria
JID - 0372460
SB  - IM
MH  - *Altitude
MH  - Argentina/epidemiology
MH  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Students
MH  - United States
MH  - World Health Organization
EDAT- 2013/11/08 06:00
MHDA- 2014/11/02 06:00
CRDT- 2013/11/08 06:00
PHST- 2013/11/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/11/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/11/02 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.5546/aap.2013.eng.516 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Arch Argent Pediatr. 2013 Dec;111(6):516-22. doi: 10.5546/aap.2013.eng.516.