Comparison of Two Waist Circumference Measurement Protocols: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study

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• Alternative Title:
  Pediatr Obes
• Personal Author:
  Pettitt, David J. ; Talton, Jennifer W. ; Liese, Angela D. ; Liu, Lenna L. ; Crimmins, Nancy ; West, Nancy A. ; D’Agostino, Ralph B. ; Kahn, Henry S.
• Corporate Authors:
  SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study Group
• Description:
  Reports comparing waist circumference (WC) measurements from young populations are scarce.|We compared two protocols for measuring waist circumference in a sample of youth with diabetes.|Participants were enrolled in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study (SEARCH). WC was measured at least twice by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) protocol and twice by the World Health Organization (WHO) protocol. Method-specific averages were used in these analyses.|Among 6248 participants, the mean NHANES WC (76.3 cm) was greater than the mean WHO WC (71.9 cm). Discrepancies between protocols were greater for females than males, among older participants, and in those with higher body mass index (BMI). In both sexes and four age strata, the WCs using either method were highly correlated with BMI z-score. The within-method differences between the first and second measurements were similar for the two methods.|These analyses do not provide evidence that one of these two methods is more reproducible or is a better indicator of obesity as defined by BMI z-scores.
• Subjects:
  • Article
  • waist circumference measurement
  • method comparison
  • diabetes in youth
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Body Mass Index
  • Body Weights and Measures
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
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• Source:
  Pediatr Obes. 7(6):e81-e85
• Pubmed ID:
  22991230
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3494800
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30 DK057516/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 DP000247/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48/CCU419249/PHS HHSUnited States/ ; M01 RR000069/RR/NCRR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U18DP002708-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U18 DP002714/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 DP000248/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48/CCU519239/PHS HHSUnited States/ ; U18DP002710-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 RR029882/RR/NCRR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 DP000250/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; HIR 10-001/HX/HSRD VAUnited States/ ; 1U18DP002709/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48/CCU819241-3/PHS HHSUnited States/ ; U18 DP002710/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U18DP002714/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 DP000245/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; DP-05-069/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48/CCU919219/PHS HHSUnited States/ ; M01 RR000037/RR/NCRR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; DP-10-001/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 DP000244/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U58CCU919256/PHS HHSUnited States/ ; U18DP000247-06A1/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U58/CCU019235-4/PHS HHSUnited States/ ; U18 DP002709/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 DP000246/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 DP000254/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 RR026314/RR/NCRR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U18 DP002708/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33469/cdc_33469_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 41.85 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:570667901925dd25bae94ee8ab9b21b26c1fd2c0ebc76da48071390d4e11eb66