Clinical Study
Measures of Obesity Associated with Asthma Diagnosis in Ethnic Minority Children
Table 4
Body fat measure quintile cutpoints in black and Hispanic boys and girls aged 6-to-8 years.
| | Boys () | Girls () |
| |
Quintile () | Min–Max |
Quintile () | Min–Max |
| | Body mass index percentile (CDC age/gender specific) | 1 | (21) | 2.1–52.1%ile | 1 | (81) | <1–34.1%ile | | 2 | (21) | 52.2–71.2%ile | 2 | (80) | 34.2–65.2%ile | | 3 | (21) | 71.3–94.1%ile | 3 | (80) | 65.3–83.5%ile | | 4 | (21) | 94.2–98.5%ile | 4 | (80) | 83.6–96.2%ile | | 5 | (21) | 98.6–99.9%ile | 5 | (79) | 96.3–99.9%ile |
| | Body fat percent | 1 | (21) | <7.3% | 1 | (84) | <11.8% | | 2 | (21) | 7.3–14.8% | 2 | (79) | 11.8–16.9% | | 3 | (21) | 14.9–21.6% | 3 | (79) | 17.0–21.9% | | 4 | (21) | 21.7–29.0% | 4 | (79) | 22.0–30.3% | | 5 | (21) | 29.1–39.4% | 5 | (79) | 30.4–58.0% |
| | Waist circumference (cm) | 1 | (21) | 47.5–55.9 cm | 1 | (79) | 46.5–54.2 cm | | 2 | (21) | 56.0–59.1 cm | 2 | (79) | 54.3–57.4 cm | | 3 | (21) | 59.2–65.0 cm | 3 | (82) | 57.5–62.9 cm | | 4 | (21) | 65.1–74.5 cm | 4 | (80) | 63.0–71.1 cm | | 5 | (21) | 74.6–87.8 cm | 5 | (80) | 71.2–100.5 cm |
| | Waist/height ratio | 1 | (21) | 0.39–0.44 | 1 | (80) | 0.39–0.43 | | 2 | (21) | 0.45–0.47 | 2 | (80) | 0.44–0.46 | | 3 | (21) | 0.48–0.51 | 3 | (80) | 0.47–0.50 | | 4 | (21) | 0.52–0.57 | 4 | (81) | 0.51–0.55 | | 5 | (21) | 0.58–0.69 | 5 | (79) | 0.56–0.72 |
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