title: [VALUES OF WAIST/HIP RATIO AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS FROM BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA: THE FUPRECOL STUDY].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  the aim was to establish reference standards for waist/hip ratio among Colombia children and adolescent aged 9 to 17.9 years who participated in "The FUPRECOL Study".
  
  
  METHODS
  cross-sectional study. A sample of 3 005 children and 2 916 adolescents healthy Colombian youth (boys n = 2 542 and girls n = 3 384) participated in the study. Height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference and sexual maturation status were measured. Reference curves were fitted with the LMS method (L [curve Box- Cox], M [curve median] and S [curve coefficient of variation]), for boys and girls, stratified by age group, and to compare them to international references.
  
  
  RESULTS
  in all ages, the waist/hip ratio was higher in boys than in girls. Subjects whose waist/hip ratio was above the 90th percentile of the standard normal distribution were considered to have high cardiovascular risk (boys range 0.87 to 0.93 and girls range 0.85 to 0.89). Overall, our waist/hip ratio values were lower than Europe, Asia and Africa values and similar to those of some Latin American references.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  values reference charts for waist/hip ratio values specific for age and sex, obtained from children and adolescents from Bogota, Colombia, are provided. They may be used regionally, both for nutritional assessment and to predict cardiovascular risks in early age.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios en Medición de la Actividad Física (CEMA), Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá D.C, Colombia.. matrixx3000@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Yenni Paola
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Bautista
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios en Medición de la Actividad Física (CEMA), Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá D.C, Colombia.. jorge.correa@urosario.edu.co.
authors.forename: Jorge Enrique
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Correa-Bautista
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Granada, España. Grupo CTS-436, adscrito al Centro de Investigación Mente, Cerebro y Comportamiento (CIMCYC).. emigoji@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González-Jiménez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Granada, España. Grupo CTS-436, adscrito al Centro de Investigación Mente, Cerebro y Comportamiento (CIMCYC).. jschmidt@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt-RioValle
authors.affiliation: Grupo GICAEDS, Facultad de Cultura Física, Deporte y Recreación, Universidad Santo Tomás (Bogotá, D.C.), Colombia.. robin640@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Robinson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Vélez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003105:Colombia; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D012741:Sexual Maturation; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*