title: Anthropometric measures of abdominal adiposity for the identification of cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents.
abstract: Sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) was obtained in 65 adolescents referred for assessment of cardiometabolic risk. We found that SAD was associated with cardiometabolic risk factors independent of BMI in males, but that SAD was not superior to BMI or other measures of abdominal adiposity for the detection of metabolic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
authors.forename: Lorraine E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Levitt Katz
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
authors.forename: Babette S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Zemel
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Translational Research Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States; University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dumser
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States; University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address: lipman@upenn.nursing.edu.
authors.forename: Terri H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lipman
mesh_terms: D050153:Abdominal Fat / Q000473:pathology*; D050154:Adiposity; D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Body mass index; Metabolic syndrome; Sagittal abdominal diameter; Waist circumference