Is body mass index a useful measure of excess body fatness in adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome?

Background To determine the validity of body mass index (BMI) to identify excess fatness in youth with Down syndrome (DS). Methods Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth reference, we defined overweight (≥85th percentile) and obesity (≥95th percentile) based on participa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of intellectual disability research 2013-11, Vol.57 (11), p.1050-1057
Hauptverfasser:	Bandini, L. G., Fleming, R. K., Scampini, R., Gleason, J., Must, A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescents Adult and adolescent clinical studies Anthropometry - methods Biological and medical sciences Body Composition Body fat body fatness Body Mass Index Chromosome aberrations Down syndrome Down Syndrome - complications Down's syndrome Female Growth Charts Humans Intellectual deficiency Male Medical genetics Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Obesity Obesity, Abdominal - complications Obesity, Abdominal - diagnosis Overweight - complications Overweight - diagnosis Predictive Value of Tests Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Reproducibility of Results Scientific Concepts Sensitivity Sensitivity and Specificity Teenagers Young Adult Young adults
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