Body mass index correlates with waist circumference in school aged Italian children.
This study demonstrates the existence of a linear correlation between Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference in Italian school aged children and suggests an indirect method (from weight and height) to estimate waist circumference, whose increase may be indicative for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome.
Department of Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence, Italy.
Simone
S
Pratesi
Ferdinando
F
Paternostro
Alessia
A
Tani
Chiara
C
Sassoli
Aldo Carlo
AC
Cappellini
D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D055105:Waist Circumference / Q000502:physiology*