Evaluation of diagnostic criteria and cut-off points to predict underweight among adolescents from the Brazilian semiarid region
Abstract Objectives: to evaluate diagnostic criteria and to propose arm and calf circumference cutoff points to predict underweight in adolescents aged 13-19 years in two Brazilian municipalities of the semiarid region. Methods: underweight was defined as a Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than two z...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292018000100231&lng=en&tlng=en |