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During 1978\u20131981, the prevalence of childhood obesity was relatively low yet the population was well nourished in Japanese children. The aim of this study is to construct waist circumference and waist circumference to stature ratio reference centile curves for Japanese preschool children.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpem-2020-0418_abs_002_w2aab3b7c28b1b6b1aab1c15b2Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We utilized 1978\u20131981 national survey data on body sizes. There are 4937 boys and 4758 girls age 0\u20136 years for waist circumference measurements. Waist circumference was measured at the level of the umbilicus. Using LMS method, centile curves were constructed for waist circumference and waist circumference to stature ratio. These reference values were compared with those of Dutch, Swedish and Turkish children.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpem-2020-0418_abs_003_w2aab3b7c28b1b6b1aab1c15b3Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Centile reference curves were made for clinical and epidemiological use. Japanese children had smaller waist circumference centile values as compared to waist circumference measured at the midpoint of the lowest rib cage and the iliac crest of Dutch, Swedish and Turkish children. However, Japanese children had comparable waist circumference to stature ratio centile values to those of Dutch and Turkish children.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpem-2020-0418_abs_004_w2aab3b7c28b1b6b1aab1c15b4Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This study presents the first age-, sex-, and ethnicity-specific reference values for waist circumference and waist circumference to stature ratio in Japanese preschool children.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/jpem-2020-0418","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,22]],"date-time":"2020-12-22T10:55:52Z","timestamp":1608634552000},"page":"349-356","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Population-based waist circumference reference values in Japanese children (0\u20136 years): comparisons with Dutch, Swedish and Turkish preschool children"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Mikako","family":"Inokuchi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Center, Keio University , Tokyo , Japan"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics , Keio University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nobutake","family":"Matsuo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics , Keio University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan"},{"name":"The Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement , Tokyo Healthcare Foundation , Tokyo , Japan"},{"name":"National Center for Child Health and Development , Tokyo , Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John I","family":"Takayama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics , University of California San Francisco School of Medicine , San Francisco , USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tomonobu","family":"Hasegawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics , Keio University School of Medicine , Shinjuku-ku , Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023040101391762616_j_jpem-2020-0418_ref_001_w2aab3b7c28b1b6b1ab2b2b1Aa","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Freedman, DS, Wang, J, Maynard, LM, Thornton, JC, Mei, Z, Pierson, RN, et al.. 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