Comparison of three weight-for-height indices in blood pressure studies in children

Cahol Ballew; Kiang Liu; Sophie Levinson; Jeremiah Stamler

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115528

Comparison of three weight-for-height indices in blood pressure studies in children

Cahol Ballew^*, Kiang Liu, Sophie Levinson, Jeremiah Stamler

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Abstract

Associations between blood pressures and three indices commonly used to assess relative obesity (weight (kg)/height (m)², weight (kg)/height (m)³, and weight (kg)/height (m)^o) were examined in a multiracial sample of children attending private schools in Chicago, Illinois. The 1,723 boys and 1,878 girls were 5-10 years old at the time of the survey (1975-1978). Inclusion of white, black, Hispanic, and Asian children permitted comparison of the relation between anthropometric variables and blood pressures across racial groups. The three weight-for-height indices used as estimates of relative obesity yielded nearly identical regression models, suggesting that, in spite of ongoing debate about the most appropriate index for describing relative obesity in children, it makes little difference which index is used.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	532-537
Number of pages	6
Journal	American journal of epidemiology
Volume	131
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115528
State	Published - Mar 1990

Funding

This project was supported in part by a grant awarded to Dr. Sophie S. Levinson from the Interinstitutional Cardiovascular Center and the Illinois Regional Medical Program. Dr. Ballew was supported by a traineeship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (5T32 HL 07113).

Keywords

Blood pressure
Body height
Body weight
Child
Obesity

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Epidemiology

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