Varying optimal power for height-standardisation of childhood weight, fat mass and fat-free mass across the obesity epidemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Childhood adiposity markers can be standardised for height in the form of indices (marker/height^p) to make meaningful comparisons of adiposity patterns within and between individuals of differing heights. The optimal value of p has been shown to differ by birth year, sex, age, and ethnicity. We investigated whether height powers for childhood weight and fat mass (FM) differed by birth year, sex, or age over the period before and during the child obesity epidemic in Copenhagen.

Setting/methods

Population-based cross-sectional study of 391,801 schoolchildren aged 7 years, 10 years and 13 years, born between 1930 and 1996, from the Copenhagen School Health Records Register. Sex- and age-specific estimates of the height powers for weight and FM were obtai

SUBMITTER: Hudda MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11682999 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature