Research
Comparison of Anthropometric Indicators of Overweight and Obesity, in Adolescents from Three Regions of Venezuela
The objective is to compare BMI, WHI, WWCI and BFP, measured in adolescents, to propose a combination to assess overweight and obesity. Methods: descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional and correlational study, probabilistic sample of 428 adolescents from three regions of Venezuela. Variables: Sex, age, weight, height, WC, BMI, WHI, WWCI and BFP. Results: averages, by sex, similar and non-significant, increase with age and moderate to very high correlations (0.65 0.99) in both sexes. BMI/WHO classifies Excess 11.2% and BMI/CCSS 7.4%; in addition, by sex BMI/WHO classifies a higher percentage of the female sex in Excess (16.2%) than BMI/CCSS (4.8%), the WHI, WWCI and BFP indicators classify the same percentage of the total sample in the Normal category (80.3%; 79.6% and 79.8%); as well as in the Excess category (14.5%; 15.5% and 15.0%). The WHI classifies similar percentage in Excess; the WWCI and cl BFP classify in the category Excess a higher percentage in the male sex (19.1% and 52.7%). For the WWCI and BMI indicators the average is higher in the male sex and for the WHI and BFP indicators higher in the female sex. Conclusion: BMI is more widely used; the WHI and WWCI on assessing risk or excess; correlates moderately with BMI, 0.61 and 0.62, in both sexes; the BFP behaves better, classifies with percentages similar to those of BMI/CTE, in Excess, in the two sexes; correlates highly with BMI, 0.99 and 0.89 for male and female, can make up a Scale.
