Objective: To compare the predictive value of the IAP and WHO criteria in identifying obesity complications in Indian children and adolescents.
Methods: Blood pressure and body mass index was measured in 4434 children and adolescents [2539 boys; mean age 11.9 (3.0), 5.1-18 y] from affluent schools. The predictive accuracy of IAP 2015 and WHO BMI criteria in identifying hypertension was assessed.
Results: IAP 2015 BMI criteria labelled 203 more children obese than the WHO reference (649 as against 446). Hypertension was present in 75 (37%) of these. The difference in the prevalence of hypertension in subjects obese as per IAP 2015 criteria and their nonobese counterparts (50.2% as against 10.8%, p < 0.0001) was greater than that between subjects obese only by IAP 2015 or by both the criteria (36.9% as against 56.3%, p < 0.0001). The difference in the proportion of subjects with hypertension between two consecutive IAP 2015 BMI SDS category was highest for + 1.5 in boys (32.3% as against 49.8%, p < 0.0001) and + 2 in girls (25.9% as against 59.3%, p < 0.00012).
Conclusion: IAP BMI criteria better predict hypertension in Indian children than WHO cutoffs and should be used in clinical practice to predict obesity complications.
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