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Arch Dis Child 90:818-819 doi:10.1136/adc.2004.067066
  • Community child health, public health, and epidemiology

Secular trends in waist circumference in Spanish adolescents, 1995 to 2000–02

Table 1

 Changes in body mass index and waist circumference in Zaragoza from 1995 to 2000–02

1995 2000–02 p
Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
BMI (kg/m2)
Males
    13 years 19.66 (2.94) 20.25 (3.43) 0.436
    14 years 20.53 (2.93) 22.10 (4.14) 0.076
Females
    13 years 20.04 (3.11) 21.76 (3.64) 0.004
    14 years 20.03 (2.40) 21.40 (2.83) 0.027
Waist circumference (cm)
Males
    13 years 70.62 (7.65) 73.83 (10.24) 0.226
    14 years 72.75 (6.78) 77.90 (11.89) 0.049
Females
    13 years 67.29 (6.44) 71.28 (7.90) 0.005
    14 years 66.81 (5.02) 72.04 (6.88) 0.001

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