TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of anthropometric indicators to evaluate nutritional status and cardiometabolic risk in mexican teenagers
AU - Megchún-Hernández, Mauricio
AU - Espinosa-Raya, Judith
AU - García-Parra, Esmeralda
AU - Albavera-Hernández, Cidronio
AU - Briones-Aranda, Alfredo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 SENPE yArán Ediciones S.L.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Introduction: anthropometric indicators (AIs) such as waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), waist/hip index (WHpI), waist/height index (WHtI) and body fat percentage (BFP) are useful tools for the diagnosis of nutritional status (NS) in adolescents. Each of these parameters has advantages and disadvantages. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the association of these AIs (WC, BMI, WHpI, WHtI, and BFP) to evaluate nutritional status and estimate the cardiometabolic risk (CMR) in Mexican adolescents. Material and method: in a cross-sectional descriptive study, the NS was analyzed through various AIs and CMR with the WHtI criteria. Nine hundred and seventeen adolescents between 15 and 17 years old participated in the study, of whom 488 (52.9%) were female and 429 (47.1%) male, all students of middle school in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. Results and conclusion: women presented a higher prevalence of obesity according to most indicators. The WHtI was the parameter that detected the highest prevalence of obesity (31%), correlating with the BMI and the BFP. Moreover, there was evidence of a significant relation between NS (assessed by all the anthropometric indicators) and CMR. The WHtI could be considered as an adequate tool for the diagnosis of obesity associated with CMR in adolescents.
AB - Introduction: anthropometric indicators (AIs) such as waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), waist/hip index (WHpI), waist/height index (WHtI) and body fat percentage (BFP) are useful tools for the diagnosis of nutritional status (NS) in adolescents. Each of these parameters has advantages and disadvantages. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the association of these AIs (WC, BMI, WHpI, WHtI, and BFP) to evaluate nutritional status and estimate the cardiometabolic risk (CMR) in Mexican adolescents. Material and method: in a cross-sectional descriptive study, the NS was analyzed through various AIs and CMR with the WHtI criteria. Nine hundred and seventeen adolescents between 15 and 17 years old participated in the study, of whom 488 (52.9%) were female and 429 (47.1%) male, all students of middle school in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. Results and conclusion: women presented a higher prevalence of obesity according to most indicators. The WHtI was the parameter that detected the highest prevalence of obesity (31%), correlating with the BMI and the BFP. Moreover, there was evidence of a significant relation between NS (assessed by all the anthropometric indicators) and CMR. The WHtI could be considered as an adequate tool for the diagnosis of obesity associated with CMR in adolescents.
KW - Body fat percentage
KW - Body mass index
KW - Cardiometabolic risk
KW - Mexican teenagers
KW - Nutritional status
KW - Waist/height index
KW - Waist/hip index
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U2 - 10.20960/nh.02487
DO - 10.20960/nh.02487
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 31475834
AN - SCOPUS:85073489525
SN - 0212-1611
VL - 36
SP - 1049
EP - 1054
JO - Nutricion Hospitalaria
JF - Nutricion Hospitalaria
IS - 5
M1 - 02487
ER -