Body Mass Index Percentile Curves for 7 To 18 Year Old Children and Adolescents; are the Sample Populations from Tehran Nationally Representative?

Body Mass Index Percentile Curves for 7 To 18 Year Old Children and Adolescents; are the Sample Populations from Tehran Nationally Representative?

Background: The children’s body composition status is an important indicator of health condition evaluated through their body mass index (BMI). We aimed to provide standardized percentile curves of BMI in a population of Iranian children and adolescents. We assessed the nationally representative of...

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Main Authors: Mostafa Hosseini, Masoud Baikpour, Mahmoud Yousefifard, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Mehdi Yaseri, Hadi Asady, Mostafa Qorbani, Roya Kelishadi, Fatemeh Ataei, Neamatollah Ataei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2016-06-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics
Subjects:
Body Mass Index
Children
Lambda-Mu-Sigma method Percentile curves
Online Access:http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_6877_91dccb275a1658492ec4e2e65f684d5d.pdf

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