Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Journal Article Continuant Continuant Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-06T21:53:35 RDF description of Comparing US paediatric and adult weight classification at the transition from late teenage to young adulthood - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn666 13247 public Pediatrics Pediatric Obesity Adolescent document-rn666 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 Hypertension Comparative Studies Obesity 10.1111/ijpo.274 Primary Health Care 10 5 Comparing US paediatric and adult weight classification at the transition from late teenage to young adulthood 21074 <p>BACKGROUND: Although paediatric growth charts are recommended for weight assessment prior to age 20, many teenagers transition earlier to adult care where absolute body mass index (BMI) is used. This study examines concordance of weight classification in older teenagers using paediatric percentiles and adult thresholds. METHODS: BMI from 23 640 US teens ages 18-19 years were classified using paediatric BMI percentile criteria for underweight (< 5th), normal (5th to < 85th), overweight (85th to < 95th), obesity (>/= 95th) and severe obesity (>/= 120% x 95th percentile) and adult BMI (kg m(-2) ) criteria for underweight (< 18.5), normal (18.5-24.9), overweight (25-29.9) and obesity: class I (30-34.9), class II (35-39.9) and class III (>/= 40). Concordance was examined using the kappa (kappa) statistic. Blood pressure (BP) from the same visit was classified hypertensive for BP >/= 140/90. RESULTS: The majority of visits (72.8%) occurred in adult primary care. Using paediatric/adult criteria, 3.4%/5.2% were underweight, 66.6%/58.8% normal weight, 15.7%/21.7% overweight, 14.3%/14.3% obese and 4.9%/6.0% severely/class II-III obese, respectively. Paediatric and adult classification for underweight, normal, overweight and obesity were concordant for 90.3% (weighted kappa 0.87 [95% confidence interval, 0.87-0.88]). For severe obesity, BMI >/= 120% x 95th percentile showed high agreement with BMI >/= 35 kg m(-2) (kappa 0.89 [0.88-0.91]). Normal-weight males and moderately obese females by paediatric BMI percentile criteria who were discordantly classified into higher adult weight strata had a greater proportion with hypertensive BP compared with concordantly classified counterparts. CONCLUSIONS: Strong agreement exists between US paediatric BMI percentile and adult BMI classification for older teenagers. Adult BMI classification may optimize BMI tracking and risk stratification during transition from paediatric to adult care.<p>