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Adolescents with BMI exceeding the 85 thpercentile are at increased risk of being classified as having diabetes or impaired fasting glucose.
The maximum variance in the estimated percentile cut point occurs at the 50 thpercentile within each gestation week cohort.
Cancer patients were also significantly older, with a median age of 68 years (25 thpercentile 63, 75 thpercentile 67) vs. 66 years (25 thpercentile 60, 75 thpercentile 71), P < 0.0001.
Rather, this approach should help researchers investigate the factors associated with infants born at, for example, the 20 thas compared with the 40 th, 60 th, or 80 thpercentile, as well as the sequelae of such differences in fetal growth.
For instance a BMI ≥ 85 thpercentile (for age and sex) was classified as being overweight, and those with a BMI ≥ 95 thpercentile as obese [ 29 30 31 32 ] . Recent workshops concluded that the BMI is an index of choice for evaluating obesity in adolescents, because it has been validated by studies of total body fat [ 32 ] . The criteria used to identify overweight and obesity in children and adolescents agree with those used for grade 1 and grade 2 overweight (BMI of 25+ and 30+, respectively) in adults [ 33 ] . Using a representative sample from the general North American Caucasian population, we demonstrate that the BMI is also a good indicator for obesity in adolescents, however the readily-measured WC:AC, CPR, and STR, indices of central obesity, and SUM, a single measure of subcutaneous adiposity, are stronger predictor of both fasting glucose and insulin levels and lipid profiles, than BMI.
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