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| Author(s): |
Daniela de Assumpção
[1]
;
Rosemeire de Olanda Ferraz
[2]
;
Flávia Silva Arbex Borim
[3]
;
Anita Liberalesso Neri
[4]
;
Priscila Maria Stolses Bergamo Francisco
[5]
Total Authors: 5
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Brasil
[2] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Brasil
[3] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Brasil
[4] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Brasil
[5] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 5
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde; v. 29, n. 4 2020-07-17. |
| Abstract | |
Abstract Objective to identify cut-off points for waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) with better sensitivity, specificity and accuracy to distinguish overweight elderly people by sex, using three body mass index criteria as anthropometric references. Methods this was a cross-sectional study that analyzed weight, height and WC measurements of 3,477 elderly people (2008-2009); receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to define the cut-off points. Results WC cut-off points were 86.5cm, 88.7cm and 91.5cm in women, and 93.0cm, 96.0cm and 97.5cm in men, according to World Health Organization/WHO, Nutrition Screening Initiative/NSI and Pan American Health Organization/PAHO criteria, respectively; WHtR cut-off points corresponded to 0.57, 0.58, 0.59 in the female sex, and 0.56, 0.58 and 0.59 in the male sex; highest absolute overall accuracy values: PAHO (men) and WHO (women). Conclusion WC and WHtR cut-off points were similar, regardless of the BMI criterion adopted. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/23245-0 - Longitudinal study of the Campinas and Ermelino Matarazzo cohorts of the FIBRA study: predictors and outcomes of frailty among the elderly in Brazil |
| Grantee: | Flávia Silva Arbex Borim |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |