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Annals of Saudi Medicine. 2011; 31 (5): 498-501
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-113714

ABSTRACT

Data on stature in Saudi children and adolescents are limited. The objective of this report was to establish the national prevalence of short stature in Saudi children and adolescents. Community-based, cross-sectional study conducted over 2 years [2004, 2005] The national data set of the Saudi reference was used to calculate the stature for age for children and adolescents 5 to 18 years of age. Using the 2007 World Health Organization [WHO] reference, the prevalence of moderate and severe short stature was defined as the proportion of children whose standard deviation score for stature for age was less than -2 and -3, respectively. In addition, the 2000 Center for Disease Control [CDC] and the older 1978 National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]TWHO references were used for comparison. Using the 2007 WHO reference, sample size in the Saudi reference was 19372 healthy children and adolescents 5 to 1 7 years of age, with 50.8% being boys. The overall prevalence of moderate and severe short stature in boys was 11.3% and 1.8%, respectively; and in girls, 10.5% and 1.2%, respectively. The prevalence of moderate short stature was 12.1%, 11% and 11.3% in boys and 10.9%, 11.3% and 10.5% in girls when the 1978 WHO, the 2000 CDC and the 2007 WHO references were used, respectively. The national prevalence of short stature in Saudi children and adolescents is intermediate compared with the international level. Improvement in the socioeconomic and health status of children and adolescents should lead to a reduction in the prevalence of short stature

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Annals of Saudi Medicine. 2010; 30 (3): 203-208
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-98762

ABSTRACT

There is limited information on overweight and obesity in Saudi children and adolescents. The objective of this study was to establish the national prevalence of overweight and obesity in Saudi children and adolescents. The 2005 Saudi reference data set was used to calculate the body mass index [BMI] for children aged 5 to 18 years. Using the 2007 WHO reference, the prevalence of overweight, obesity and severe obesity were defined as the proportion of children with a BMI standard deviation score more than +1, +2 and +3, respectively. The 2000 CDC reference was also used for comparison. There were 19317 healthy children and adolescents from 5 to 18 years of age, 50.8% of whom were boys. The overall prevalence of overweight, obesity and severe obesity in all age groups was 23.1%, 9.3% and 2%, respectively. A significantly lower prevalence of overweight [23.8 vs 20.4; P<.001] and obesity [9.5 vs 5.7; P<.001] was found when the CDC reference was used. This report establishes baseline national prevalence rates for overweight, obesity and severe obesity in Saudi children and adolescents, indicating intermediate levels between developing and industrialized countries. Measures should be implemented to prevent further increases in the numbers of overweight school-age children and adolescents and the associated health hazards


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Humans , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Male , Female , Obesity/epidemiology , Prevalence , Body Mass Index , Cross-Sectional Studies
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