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50‹, 75Ë, 85Ë, 90‹ Î·È 95Ë. ™˘ÁÎÚÈÙÈο, ‚Ú¤ıËΠfiÙÈ Ù· ·È‰È¿ Î·È ÔÈ ¤ÊË‚ÔÈ Ù˘ ∫Ú‹Ù˘ ¤¯Ô˘Ó, ÛÙȘ Â-
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̤˜ ¶ª (50‹ ∂£) · fi Ù· ·È‰È¿ Ù˘ πÙ·Ï›·˜ (p<0,001).
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‰›·ÙÚÔ˘˜, ÂÓÒ Ë ¶ª ηٷ‰ÂÈÎÓ‡ÂÈ ÙÔ ÛÔ‚·Úfi Úfi‚ÏËÌ· Ù˘ ·È‰È΋˜ ÎÂÓÙÚÈ΋˜ ·¯˘Û·ÚΛ·˜ ÛÙ· ·È-
‰È¿ Ù˘ ∫Ú‹Ù˘.
§¤ÍÂȘ ÎÏÂȉȿ: ¶·È‰È¿, ÂÚ›ÌÂÙÚÔ˜ ̤Û˘, ÎÂÓÙÚÈ΋ ·¯˘Û·ÚΛ·, ÂηÙÔÛÙÈ·›Â˜ ı¤ÛÂȘ.
Waist circumference percentiles of children of Crete aged 3 to 16 years
E. Linardakis, K. Vardavas, A. Kafatos
Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to estimate percentiles and growth curves of the waist
circumference (WC) in children and adolescents of Crete, Greece.
Methods: WC measurements were recorded for 5,321 subjects, 2,643 boys and 2,678 girls, aged 2.5 to
16.5 years, on whom a total of 7,538 were made. These measurements were derived from seven studies
conducted between 1992 and 2005, on representative samples of children and adolescents in Crete, by
the Preventive Medicine and Nutrition Clinic of the University of Crete. Smoothed percentiles of WC were
estimated using polynomial models. The WC distribution was compared with that reported in other
countries.
Results: The age-sex specific descriptive characteristics and the smoothed percentiles of the 5th, 10th,
25th, 50th, 75th, 85th, 90th and 95th place were estimated. The mean WC of children and adolescents in
this study in most age groups was found to be higher than that of children from Cyprus and the U.S
(p<0.05) and higher in all age groups than that of children from the Netherlands, the U.K, Australia and
Canada. The WC of the Cretan children did not differ significantly from that of Spanish children in most
age groups but was lower (50th percentiles) in all age groups compared to Italian children (p<0.001).
Conclusions: WC percentiles can be a useful and reliable tool for use by parents and paediatricians. The
use of WC percentiles confirms that childhood central obesity is a major health problem in Crete.
Key words: Children, waist circumference, central obesity, percentiles.
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linman@med.uoc.gr
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∆.∫. 71 003, ∆.£. 2208
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University of Crete, Faculty
of Medicine
Department of Social
Medicine, Division of
Preventive Medicine and
Nutrition, Heraklion, Crete,
Greece
Correspondence:
Emmanouil Linardakis
linman@med.uoc.gr
Voutes-Stavrakia Junction
71 003, PO Box.: 2208
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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