Novel type of references for BMI aligned for onset of puberty - using the QEPS growth model.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite inter-individual variations in pubertal timing, growth references are conventionally constructed relative to chronological age (C-age). Thus, they are based on reference populations containing a mix of prepubertal and pubertal individuals, making them of limited use for detecting abnormal growth during adolescence. Recently we developed new types of height and weight references, with growth aligned to age at onset of the pubertal growth spurt (P-age). Here, we aim to develop a corresponding reference for pubertal BMI.

Methods

The QEPS-height and weight models were used to define a corresponding QEPS-BMI model. QEPS-BMI was modified by the same individual, constitutional weight-height-factor (WHF) as computed for QEPS-weight. QEPS-BMI functions were compute

SUBMITTER: Albertsson-Wikland K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9055717 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature