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ชื่อเรื่อง: Mid-upper-arm circumference and arm-to-height ratio to identify obesity in school-age children
ผู้แต่ง: Rerksuppaphol S.
Rerksuppaphol L.
Keywords: age distribution
anthropometric parameters
arm circumference
arm to height ratio
Article
body height
body mass
body weight
child
childhood obesity
correlation analysis
cross-sectional study
diagnostic accuracy
female
human
major clinical study
male
mid upper arm circumference
observational study
preschool child
primary school
receiver operating characteristic
reliability
school child
sensitivity and specificity
sex difference
Thailand
validity
anatomy and histology
anthropometry
area under the curve
arm
body height
body mass
body size
childhood obesity
obesity
Anthropometry
Area Under Curve
Arm
Body Height
Body Mass Index
Body Size
Body Weight
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Overweight
Pediatric Obesity
Sensitivity and Specificity
Thailand
วันที่เผยแพร่: 2017
บทคัดย่อ: Background: In resource-poor settings, anthropometric parameters are evaluated as potential alternatives to the body mass index (BMI) for detecting overweight and obesity in children. To this end, the mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) and the mid-upper-arm circumference-to-height ratio (AHtR) were evaluated as proxies to BMI in Thai school-age children. Study design: An observational, cross-sectional study was performed on school-aged children. Participants: Children in grades 1 through 6 at all public elementary schools in the Ongkharak district, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand during May and June 2013 were included. This is a rural district with low per capita income. Methods: Weight, height, and MUAC were measured in school-age children and analyzed to identify optimal cut-off values for MUAC and AHtR for detection of overweight and obesity in comparison to BMI. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis determined the validity of MUAC and AHtR use. Results: Data from 3,618 children, aged 6.0–12.99 years, were analyzed. MUAC correlated with age and height (P < 0.001), but especially with body weight (r = 0.888 to 0.914) and BMI (r = 0.859 to 0.908) in both genders, while AHtR correlated with body weight and BMI (P < 0.001), but not with age. Cut-off values of MUAC for obesity diagnosis ranged from 18.9 to 25.5 cm for boys and from 19.8 to 25.4 cm for girls. Accuracy was excellent for both boys (AUC = 0.952–0.991) and girls (AUC = 0.917–0.990). Cut-off of MUAC for overweight diagnosis ranged from 17.2 to 22.4 cm for boys (AUC = 0.883–0.965) and from 18.0 to 23.2 cm for girls (AUC = 0.905–0.931). AHtR cut-off values for obesity and overweight diagnosis at 0.16 and 0.145, respectively, were determined with excellent diagnostic accuracy (AUC ranged from 0.920 to 0.975). Conclusion: MUAC and AHtR were reliable tools to detect overweight and obesity in Thai school-age children. Cut-off points for MUAC were age and gender specific, while AHtR at 0.16 and 0.145 were the optimal values for both genders, independent of age.These anthropometric measurements showed excellent accuracy in predicting overweight and obesity with high specificity and sensitivity. © 2017 Marshfield Clinic Health System.
URI: https://ir.swu.ac.th/jspui/handle/123456789/12969
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ISSN: 15394182
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