Elma Izze da Silva Magalhães compiled a review of 68 original articles analyzing waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio, and neck circumference as indicators of central obesity in children. The review included 49 articles, noting waist circumference was the most used parameter. The predictive ability of these parameters was controversial, with cutoff points varying across studies.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the predictive ability of waist circumference for central adiposity based on the review of 49 articles.
- Comparing waist-to-height ratio cutoff points across different populations as described in the literature.
- Investigating the scarcity of neck circumference studies in pediatric populations as highlighted in the conclusions.
Strengths
- Review includes 68 original articles selected from a search of 1,525 abstracts.
- Focuses on three specific anthropometric parameters: waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio, and neck circumference.
- Analysis considers differences related to ethnicity and measurement standardization.
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Data may reflect geographic or source bias inherent to the literature review process.
Provenance
- Source
- Elma Izze da Silva Magalhães
- Collection Method
- Literature review from PubMed and SciELO databases using specific descriptors in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.