PMID- 31791826
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201124
LR  - 20201124
IS  - 1769-664X (Electronic)
IS  - 0929-693X (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
DP  - 2020 Feb
TI  - First reference curves of waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio for 
      Tunisian children.
PG  - 87-94
LID - S0929-693X(19)30204-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.arcped.2019.11.009 [doi]
AB  - ABDOMINAL OBESITY FOR CHILDREN: Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height 
      ratio (WTHR) reference curves are used to assess the risk of cardiovascular 
      disease in children. The aim of this study was to develop age- and sex-smoothed 
      WC and WTHR reference curves for Tunisian children. Data were collected during 
      the period 2014-2015 in a cross-sectional study including 2308 children aged 6-18 
      years. The percentiles of WC and WTHR were developed using the LMS method. The 
      optimal percentiles, which are associated with the body mass index (BMI) 
      according to International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria to identify 
      overweight/obesity and with the 0.5 boundary value of WTHR to estimate 
      cardiovascular risk, were identified by ROC curves and the Youden index (j). The 
      results show the smoothed percentiles of WC and WTHR reference curves for 
      Tunisian children. A comparison of the 50th percentiles with other references 
      showed different trends in WC values. The 75th percentiles of WC and WTHR are the 
      optimal percentiles that correspond to both PBMI25 (the percentile linked to 
      BMI>/=25) and the 0.5 boundary value. However, the 90th percentiles correspond to 
      PBMI30 (the percentile linked to BMI>/=30) in boys and girls. CONCLUSION: The new 
      WC and WTHR reference curves can be added to clinical tools to help specialists 
      in pediatric and physical health to reduce cardiovascular risk in Tunisian 
      children.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2019 French Society of Pediatrics. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. 
      All rights reserved.
FAU - Ghouili, H
AU  - Ghouili H
AD  - Research Unit, Sportive Performance and Physical Rehabilitation, High Institute 
      of Sports and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, Kef, Tunisia; 
      Faculty of Sciences Bizerte, University of Carthage, Bizerte, Tunisia. Electronic 
      address: hatemghouili@gmail.com.
FAU - Ouerghi, N
AU  - Ouerghi N
AD  - Research Unit, Sportive Performance and Physical Rehabilitation, High Institute 
      of Sports and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, Kef, Tunisia.
FAU - Ben Khalifa, W
AU  - Ben Khalifa W
AD  - Research Unit, Sportive Performance and Physical Rehabilitation, High Institute 
      of Sports and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, Kef, Tunisia.
FAU - Boughalmi, A
AU  - Boughalmi A
AD  - Research Unit, Sportive Performance and Physical Rehabilitation, High Institute 
      of Sports and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, Kef, Tunisia.
FAU - Dridi, A
AU  - Dridi A
AD  - Research Unit, Sportive Performance and Physical Rehabilitation, High Institute 
      of Sports and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, Kef, Tunisia.
FAU - Gmada, N
AU  - Gmada N
AD  - Research Unit, Sportive Performance and Physical Rehabilitation, High Institute 
      of Sports and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, Kef, Tunisia.
FAU - Bouassida, A
AU  - Bouassida A
AD  - Research Unit, Sportive Performance and Physical Rehabilitation, High Institute 
      of Sports and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, Kef, Tunisia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20191129
PL  - France
TA  - Arch Pediatr
JT  - Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie
JID - 9421356
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/diagnosis
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Tunisia/epidemiology
MH  - *Waist Circumference
MH  - *Waist-Height Ratio
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Children
OT  - LMS method
OT  - Percentile
OT  - Waist circumference
OT  - Waist-to-height ratio
EDAT- 2019/12/04 06:00
MHDA- 2020/11/25 06:00
CRDT- 2019/12/04 06:00
PHST- 2019/04/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/11/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/12/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/11/25 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/12/04 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0929-693X(19)30204-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.arcped.2019.11.009 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Arch Pediatr. 2020 Feb;27(2):87-94. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2019.11.009. Epub 2019 
      Nov 29.