Establishing Waist-to-Height Ratio Standards from Criterion-Referenced BMI Using ROC Curves in Low-Income Children

The purpose of this study was to establish health-related waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) cut-points associating with FITNESSGRAM’s body mass index (BMI) criterion-referenced standards in low-income children. A secondary aim was to examine the classification agreement between the derived WHtR cut-point...

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Main Authors: Ryan D. Burns, Timothy A. Brusseau, Yi Fang, You Fu, James C. Hannon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2740538