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Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy
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Prediction instrument for obesity in adolescents at the PoliclÃ?Ânico Universitario Manuel Gonzalez DÃ?Âaz (2013-2014)
International Conference on Childhood Obesity & Child Development
Carlos Enrique Pina Borrego
Habana University School of Medicine, Cuba
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Obes Weight Loss Ther
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Abstract
Obesity is one of the principal nondeclarable diseases affecting children and adolescents. With the objective of developing a predictive instrument to identify high-risk adolescents with obesity, a cohort prospective study was carried out at the policlinic "Manuel GonzÃ?¡lez DÃ?Âaz", BahÃ?Âa Honda City from 2013-2014. It was developed in three stages. In the first stage, 1800 adolescents from 10-19 years of age were included. The prevalence was identified and the most relevant characteristics of obesity were described (defined as body mass index >97th percentile according to age and sex). In the second stage, we identified the possibility of the diagnosis of factors that increase the probability of obesity. The third stage elaborated and validated an obesity predictor instrument from the results of the initial stages. Instrument was applied to sample A for internal elaboration and validation, sensitivity was 77.78% and specificity was 86.11%. Area under the curve (AUC) receiver operating characteristic (ROC) was 0.86, whereas for sample B the sensitivity was 79.63% and specificity was 92.13%. Positive predictive value (PPV) was 83.5% and negative predictive value (NPV) was 90.05%. The instrument allows to predict the risk for developing obesity in adolescents with acceptable sensitivity and high specificity. Its routine application will be interesting in pediatric health consultations.Biography
Email: lk9604@infomed.sld.cu
