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Table 1 Studies of childhood and adolescent obesity included in the review by study design, sample size, anthropometric indices and reference standards

From: Obesity and overweight in Bangladeshi children and adolescents: a scoping review

Author(s) and year

n

Study design

Anthropometric index

Reference standard

Das et al., 2013 [16]

33,482

Cross-sectional

Weight for age (under 5) & BMI for age (5-19 years)

WHO, 20091

National Obesity Observatory, 20112

Bhuiyan, 2013 [17]

198

Case-Control

BMI

CDC, 20003

Hossain et al., 2012 [18]

10,115*

Cross-sectional

BMI

WHO, 20064

Mohsin et al., 2012 [19]

161

Cross-sectional

BMI

CDC, 20003

Saha et al., 2011-2012 [20]

96

Cross-sectional

Not defined

N/A

Corsi et al., 2011 [21]

1439

Cross-sectional

BMI

WHO, 20045

Jesmin et al., 2011 [22]

380

Cross-sectional

Weight for height

WHO, 20064

Mohsin et al., 2011 [23]

161

Cross-sectional

BMI

CDC, 20003

Mohsin et al., 2010 [24]

468

Cross-sectional

BMI

CDC, 20003

Sultana, 2010 [25]

1200

Cross-sectional

Weight for height

WHO, 19956

Kurshed et al., 2010 [26]

352

Cross-sectional

BMI

WHO, 19956

Rahman et al., 2009 [27]

652

Cross-sectional

BMI

CDC, 20003

Balarajan et al., 2009 [28]

1328

Cross-sectional

BMI

WHO, 19956

Khan et al., 2009 [29]

425

Cross-sectional

BMI

WHO, 20045

Sultan et al., 2008 [30]

172

Cross-sectional

BMI

Dietz & Robinson, 19987

Shafique et al., 2007 [31]

16404

Cross-sectional

BMI

WHO, 20045

BBS/UNICEF, 2007 [32]

3797

Cross-sectional

BMI

WHO, 19956

Rahman et al., 2002 [33]

5000

Case control preceded by cross-sectional survey

Weight for Height

Not mentioned

de Onis et al., 2000 [34]

4787

Cross-sectional

Weight for Height

WHO, 19956

Rahman et al., 1998 [35]

316

Cross-sectional

Weight for Height

WHO, 19938

Ferdousi et.al., 2011 [36]

202

Cross-sectional

BMI

WHO, 20045

  1. 1WHO Growth Standards for Infants and Young Children.
  2. 2A Simple Guide to Classifying Body Mass Index in Children, Public Health Observatories, England.
  3. 32000 CDC Growth Charts for the United States: Methods and development.
  4. 4WHO Child Growth Standards.
  5. 5Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies, report of a WHO expert committee.
  6. 6Physical status: the use and interpretation of anthropometry, report of a WHO expert committee.
  7. 7Use of body mass index as a measure of overweight in children and adolescents.
  8. 8Measuring changes in nutritional status.
  9. *Overall sample size included women aged between 15 to 49 years, but sample size for the adolescent group was not mentioned.