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Neck circumference as a complementary measure to identify risk of excess body mass in children younger than 2 years old
Critical Care volume 19, Article number: P31 (2015)
Objective
To evaluate the effectiveness of neck circumference (NC) as a measure for assessing risk of excess body mass in children aged 13-24 months.
Methods
From a total of 435 children born in 2012 in a public maternity hospital of Joinville, Brazil, 279 participated in a new investigation 1 year later. Body mass, length and NC were collected in their homes between March 2013 and March 2014. The best cutoff value for identifying overweight/obese children using the body mass index (BMI) was determined by the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve), according to gender and the age groups: 13-15 months, 16-19 months and 20-24 months.
Conclusion
Our results suggest that NC can also be used to screen risk of excess body mass and upper fat distribution in children aged 13-24 months. However, further studies with a larger sample in order to complement our data will be required.
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Santos, D.d., Farias, A.A., Kroll, C. et al. Neck circumference as a complementary measure to identify risk of excess body mass in children younger than 2 years old. Crit Care 19 (Suppl 2), P31 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/cc14683
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc14683