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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-7858</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[CienciaUAT]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[CienciaUAT]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-7858</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2007-78582019000100018</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29059/cienciauat.v13i2.1057</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Circunferencia de cintura en cuatro sitios y su relación con indicadores de obesidad en escolares de 6 a 11 años]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Measurement of waist circumference at four sites and its relationship with obesity indicators in children of 6 to 11 years]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
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<surname><![CDATA[Flores-Olivares]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Alberto]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[De-León-Fierro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lidia G.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez-Ponce]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Brenda Paola]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortíz-Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Briseidy]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua Facultad de Ciencias de la Cultura Física ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Chihuahua Chihuahua]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>18</fpage>
<lpage>27</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-78582019000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-78582019000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-78582019000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La circunferencia de cintura abdominal (CC) se utiliza para evaluar obesidad infantil; para su medición, se emplean diferentes lugares pero aún no se ha demostrado la similitud o diferencia entre los valores obtenidos en cada zona. El objetivo de este trabajo fue identificar el sitio de medición de la CC que mejor determine obesidad infantil, contrastada con indicadores de obesidad. Se midió la CC en cuatro lugares: 1) circunferencia mínima (CM); 2) circunferencia umbilical (CU); 3) circunferencia en el punto medio (CPM); y 4) circunferencia por arriba del borde superior de la cresta ilíaca (CCI); se determinaron la endomorfia (Endo), la suma proporcional de seis pliegues (SP6P) y el índice de masa corporal (IMC), como indicadores de sobrepeso u obesidad en 107 escolares de 6 a 11 años de edad. En niñas la CCI fue más alta que CM y CPM (P = 0.001 y 0.049 respectivamente) y CU mayor que CM (P = 0.025). Todos los sitios de medición de CC correlacionaron bien con los indicadores de obesidad (P = 0.001). La CCI fue el mejor lugar de medición de la CC para predecir sobrepeso u obesidad representada por Endo, SP6P e IMC (P = 0.001), por lo que es el sitio que mejor predice obesidad en edad escolar y parece evidenciar la presencia de dimorfismo sexual en niñas; debido a ello, los sitios de medición de circunferencia de cintura no deben ser intercambiables, ya que esta identificación ayudaría a generar un mejor diagnóstico de obesidad y riesgo cardiometabólico en niños y niñas en etapa de la pubertad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Waist circumference (WC) is used in the assessment of childhood obesity, however different measurement areas are used, and the similarity or difference between the values of each area has not yet been demonstrated. The aim of this research was to identify the WC area that can best determine childhood obesity, contrasting it with indicators of obesity in children. WC was measured in four different areas: 1) minimum circumference (MC); 2) umbilical circumference (UC); 3) midpoint circumference (MPC); and 4) circumference just above the iliac crest (ICC). Endomorphy (Endo), proportional sum of six skinfolds (PSSS) and body mass index (BMI) were measured as over-weight and obesity indicators in 107 children from 6 to 11 years old. ICC was higher than MC and MPC in girls (P = 0.001 y 0.049 respectively); also UC was higher than MC (P = 0.025) in this group. All measurement areas correlated well with obesity indicators (P = 0.001). The ICC was best measurement area to predict adiposity represented by Endo, PSSS and IMC in school age girls and boys (P = 0.001) and seems to evidence the sexual dimorphism in girls. Therefore, measurement areas must not be taken interchangeably since this identification would help to generate a better diagnosis of obesity and metabolic risk in boys and girls during puberty.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[circunferencia de cintura]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[obesidad infantil]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[antropometría]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[escolares]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[waist circumference]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[childhood obesity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[anthropometry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[children]]></kwd>
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