Agreement between self-/home-measured and assessor-measured waist circumference at three sites in adolescents/children.
The objective of this study was to assess the validity of the self-/home-measured waist circumference (WC) method in children/adolescents at three sites: at the level of the umbilicus, immediately above the iliac crest, and at the midpoint of the lower margin of the last palpable rib and top of the...
Main Authors: | Noel Po Tai Chan, Marie Tarrant, Esther Ngan, Hung Kwan So, Kris Yuet Wan Lok, Edmund Anthony Severn Nelson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5863965?pdf=render |
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