Assessing the impact of adjusting for maturity in weight status classification in a cross-sectional sample of UK children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the weight categorisation of a cohort of UK children using standard procedures (ie, comparing body mass index (BMI) centiles to age-matched UK reference data) versus an approach adjusted for maturation status (ie, matching relative to biological age).

Design

Analysis of data collected from an observational study of UK primary school children.

Setting

Schools in South West England.

Participants

Four hundred and seven 9-11 year-old children (98% white British).

Main outcome measures

Weight status was classified using BMI centiles using (1) sex and chronological age-matched referents and (2) sex and biological age-matched referents (based on % of predicted adult stature) relative to UK 1990 reference growth charts. For both approaches,

SUBMITTER: Gillison F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5541588 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature