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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 131, No. 3: 532-537
Copyright © 1990 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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COMPARISON OF THREE WEIGHT-FOR-HEIGHT INDICES IN BLOOD PRESSURE STUDIES IN CHILDREN

CAHOL BALLEW1,2,, KIANG LIU1, SOPHIE LEVINSON1 and JEREMIAH STAMLER1

1Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, IL
2Cancer Control Division, The Illinois Cancer Council Chicago, IL

Reprint requests to Dr. Carol Ballew, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611

Associations between blood pressures and three indices commonly used to assess relative obesity (weight (kg)/height (m)2, weight (kg)/height (m)3, and weight (kg)/height (m)o) were examined in a multiracial sample of children attending private schools in Chicago, Illinois. The 1,723 boys and 1,878 girls were 5–10 years old at the time of the survey (1975–1978). Inclusion of white, black, Hispanic, and Asian children permitted comparison of the relation between anthropometric variables and blood pressures across racial groups. The three weight-for-height indices used as estimates of relative obesity yielded nearly identical regression models, suggesting that, in spite of ongoing debate about the most appropriate index for describing relative obesity in children, it makes little difference which index is used.

blood pressure; body height; body weight; child; obesity


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