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Percentiles of Body Circumferences and Cutoff Points Regarding the Obesity of Adolescents from São Paulo – Brazil

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  • 1. Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
  • 2. Center for the Study of the Physical Fitness Laboratory of São Caetano do Sul, Brazil
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Isa Cintra of Padua, Department of Adolescent Medicine (Center for Adolescent Services and Support) Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo - Adolescent Medicine Sector (Adolescent Care and Support Center) of the Pediatrics Department of the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, Tel/Fax: +55 - 11 - 5576-4360
ABSTRACT

Purpose: To describe the distribution of Waist Circumference (WC) percentiles and cutoff points for obesity in Brazilian adolescents.

Methods: Study including adolescents aged ≥10 and <16 years conducted. Anthropometric measurements (weight, height and WC) were taken and data of WC were divided into percentiles derived from LMS regression. The Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve was used to determine the cutoff points for obesity (BMI ≥ 97th).

Results: The study included 8.020 adolescents, 54.5% were female. The mean WC was higher in males (70.23 vs. 68.55) and increased according to the stages of sexual maturation in girls: M1 and M5 = 63.26 = 74.53 and boys: 67.86 = G1 and G5 = 73.08. The cutoff points of WC showed high sensitivity (89.3 - 100 and 100 - 94.7) and specificity (87.3 - 87.9 and 88.4 - 95), both female and male, respectively. According to the cutoff points proposed, central obesity was identified in 18.57% girls and 20.96% boys. The values of WC above the P75 showed significant association with adiposity in adolescents 10-15 years.

Conclusion: The WC was significantly associated with body adiposity, and its age-specific percentiles and cutoff points may be used as surrogate markers of central obesity and its comorbidities.

CITATION

Zanetti Passos MA, de Pádua Cintra I, de Moraes Ferrari GL, de Almeida EC, Fisberg M (2014) Percentiles of Body Circumferences and Cutoff Points Regarding the Obesity of Adolescents from São Paulo – Brazil. Ann Pediatr Child Health 2(3): 1018.

KEYWORDS

•    Obesity
•    Circumferences
•    Adiposity
•    Adolescents
•    Cutoff points

Abbreviations

BMI: Body Mass Index; LMS: (L) Curve (M) Mean and (S) Coefficient of variation; ROC: Receiver Operating Characteristic; SAS: Statistical Analysis System; WC: Waist Circumference; WHO: World Health Organization

Introduction

Currently abdominal obesity have shown greater growth than overall obesity among adolescents [1,2]. The anatomical distribution of body fat is closely related to the effects of obesity on health. Both in adults and in children, the body fat located in the upper part of the body, or visceral fat, can be a better indicator of endocrinological imbalance, environmental stress or genetic factors than the fat per se [3-5].

Since the measurement of the waist circumference is associated with total body fat and has been considered a powerful marker of abdominal fat accumulation and visceral adiposity tissue in young people [6,7], their assessment is of great importance in the pediatric population [8].

Although several countries [9-11] already published specific cutoff points for its population, there is no international standardization to abdominal adiposity in adolescents, according to sex and age.

It is known that the value of waist circumference may have a large variation (3.8% to 33.2%) from one country to another, possibly due in part to population differences, how to measure, and the cutoff points [12].

In Brazil there is no population studies with specific waist circumference of teenagers who could assist in the diagnosis of abdominal obesity cutoffs. According to Santana et al. (2012), the simple assessment of BMI and waist circumference may have significant utility in predicting the development of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in adulthood [13].

Therefore, the objective of this work was to assess, in a representative sample of adolescents aged 10 to 15, the distribution of the circumference of the waist in percentiles and values that would represent higher sensitivity and specificity in relation to obesity, identified by the body mass index at the 95th percentile for age and gender, establishing suitable for use in adolescents cutoffs.

Materials and Methods

Study design and sampling

The study population was drawn from the “The nutritional profile of adolescents at public and private schools in São Paulo” study. It is a segmented population-based cross-sectional with collection of anthropometric data and other information using questionnaires. The selection of schools was based on the 2002 School Census, which included all schools in the city of São Paulo, divided into four areas: North, Midwest, East, and South.

Local offices were contacted and asked to provide information of schools with students 10 to 15 years attending morning and afternoon classes, their location and number of students enrolled. The total number of schools by area was ascertained and the proportional relationship between public and private schools was calculated taking into account the number of schools by area, i.e., areas with more schools would have a larger number of schools assessed. The following exclusion criteria were applied for school selection: schools with students aged 10 to 16 attending night classes only; schools of difficult access and/or located in violent areas; and schools with a small number of students (less than 200). The remaining schools were then randomly selected; in case of refusal, another school in the same area was drawn. All principals of the participating schools signed consent for the study.

There were studied 43 schools in the city of São Paulo, of which 32 public and 11 private. They were located in the four major areas of the city as follows: 17% in the North; 17% Midwest; 37% East and 29% South. The largest number of public schools were in the Eastern area of the city (n=11; 34.4%) and the largest number of private schools were in the South (n=6; 54.5%). Their original distribution was preserved. Data were collected between September 2004 and June 2005. Adolescents were excluded if they met any of the following criteria: pregnancy; younger or older than the age range; and having a physical condition that would prevent routine anthropometric assessment. No formula was used to estimate the sample size. A probabilistic approach was followed and all schools selected that agreed to be part in the study were asked to hand in the students a free informed consent form to be signed by their parents or guardians agreeing to their children’s participation. Only students who handed back a signed consent form were included in the study sample.

All ethical principles of Resolution 196 of the National Brazilian Health Council were followed, and the study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Federal University of São Paulo (No. 0977/03).

Study protocol

The anthropometric assessment was led by a team comprising four researchers, three nutritionists and a physical educator. All of them graduate students properly trained in the required techniques and standard procedures. This same team conducted a pilot study with more than 2,000 adolescents, and calculated intra- and inter-observer reliability to minimize errors.

Information on demographic and anthropometric variables and pubertal stage was obtained. Demographic information (age and gender) was collected through a pre-tested questionnaire administered in a face-to-face interview. A self-assessment method was used to determine sexual maturation using Tanner’s pubertal staging for breast development (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5) in girls and genitalia (G1, G2, G3, G4, G5) in boys [14]. We validated this approach using the method proposed by Matsudo and Matsudo [15].The adolescents were instructed on the selfassessment following the WHO recommendations [16].

The anthropometric assessment included weight, height and waist circumference (WC) measures following the proposed measurement techniques [16]. Weight was measured using a digital portable scale (Seca®) with capacity of 150 kg and height was measured using a wall-mounted digital stadiometer (Seca®). BMI (kg/m2 ) was calculated using these data. WHO-proposed criteria [17] were used to assess nutritional status. WC measures were taken preferably at midpoint between the costal margin and iliac crest [16,18] using an inelastic metric tape (Seca®).

All anthropometric measures were taken during science and physical education classes. Adolescent self-assessment of sexual maturation was performed in a separate room at school. The very school administration would establish a schedule for evaluation days so as it would not interfere with daily school routines. School teachers helped dealing with the students during assessments.

Statistical methods

Transformation of the anthropometric data into percentiles: Construction of the centile curves was performed with the LMS Chart Maker Pro version 2.3 software program (The Institute of Child Health, London), which fits smooth centile curves to reference data [19,20].

References for WC for age were constructed with the LMS method and presented as SD lines. This method summarises the distribution of the data by three spline curves, the L, M, and S, that vary in time: the Box-Cox transformation power that converts data to normality and minimises the skewness of the dataset (L), the median (M), and the coefficient of variation (S) [21].

A descriptive analysis of the study variables was carried out as well as the Mann-Whitney test to compare WC between two groups and the Kruskal-Wallis test for comparison between percentiles (three or more groups) in non-normal distribution.

The analysis of the distribution of the circumference values obtained in the sample studied, we previously ordinated the data, considering from the lowest value (minimum) to the highest value (maximum). Then we subdivided the data into 100 parts of equivalent sizes called percentiles, and adopted the values correspondent to 5th, 10th, 15th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 85th, 90th and 95th, according to gender and age group. We calculated the respective curves from the percentile values of the circumferences.

We carried out the analysis of the ROC curve [22] for all the circumferences, using the 97th percentile of the BMI as the reference, according to the parameters of the WHO [17].

The ROC curves were used to identify the circumference values, according to age and gender, that predict the highest association with the BMI ≥ 97th. The ROC curve calculates the sensitivity (probability of correctly detecting the true-positive results) and the specificity (probability of correctly detect the true-negative results), selecting the value that maximizes the sensitivity and the specificity simultaneously. The ROC curve shows the relation between the values of sensitivity and specificity for each cutoff point, forming a graph in the shape of an inverted “L”. The closer to the left upper corner the curve is, and the closer to 1.0 the area under the ROC curve is, the higher the accuracy of the new measure will be in discriminating the subjects, based on the values of the gold standard method.

Results

A total of 8,020 adolescents participated in the study, of which 54.5% (4,372) were female, with mean age of 13.04 (1.27) years. The sample comprised 2.23% of 360,000 middle school students enrolled in public and private schools in the city of São Paulo.

With regard to nutritional status, 69.5% of the adolescents studied were normal weight, 17.2% overweight, 10.3% obese and 0.65% extremely obese. Excess weight was more prevalent in adolescent males than females (31.6% vs. 25.4%) and among private compared to public school students (36.6% vs. 25.3%). There was no statistical difference in nutritional disorders by city area (North, South, East and Midwest) (p = 0.097) with the lowest prevalence of excess weight in the East (27.4%) and the highest prevalence in the South (28.6%).

The characteristics of the studied population are presented in Table 1. We can verify that the mean age is similar between boys and girls and a statistically significant difference between all other variables shown in Table 1. Values of weight, height and waist circumference girls are smaller than the values boys.

The Table 2 show the means and standard deviations for waist circumference according to age and gender. In both sexes, we can see an increase in waist circumference with advancing age. Moreover, in all ages, girls have lower values ??than boys.

Table 3 presents the mean and standard deviations for waist circumference according sexual maturation (Tanner) and gender. In both sexes, we can see an increase in waist circumference with advancing sexual maturation (Tanner stages). Moreover, stages 1, 2 and 3 of Tanner girls have lower values than boys (Table 3).

Table 4 shows the values of the waist circumference in percentiles, according to age and gender. The girls had higher waist circumference at 13 years old, in the percentiles 90, 95 and 97, ie, even with advancing age, the girls reached the highest values of waist circumference to 13 years (90th, 95th and 97th. Already boys have higher values of waist circumference at 15 years for all percentiles, ie, waist circumference boys increased with advancing age (Table 4).

Table 5 presents the cutoff points obtained in the ROC curves of the waist circumference, showing the best point of the curve in which most of the adolescents studied, according to age and gender, would be correctly classified, and a minority would be incorrectly classified as regards obesity.

Discussion

This study assessed the distribution of WC percentiles and cutoffs in adolescents 10–15 years in the city of São Paulo that would more likely identify adiposity.

In Brazil, recent data has revealed that malnutrition in young population coexists with alarming high prevalences of overweight and obesity, which has an impact on the national health care system and other cultural, social, and economic effects. Data from the POF (Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares) - Brasilian National Data of Budget Familial Research (2008–2009) (provided by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) showed that 21.7% of male and 19.4% of female adolescents are overweight [23].

In the present study it was found that approximately 28% of adolescents are overweight reviews, and according to sex, the prevalence of overweight was higher than that found in studies of POF. This result demonstrates the importance of making an early diagnosis of obesity in this population and especially to verify the presence of risk factors associated with it.

The pattern of regional distribution of body fat is concerning because there is an intrinsic relationship between fat body accumulation and development of metabolic disorders such as insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases [7,24,25].

Although it is pertinent discussion on the use of waist circumference, BMI, or a combination of these indices as markers of cardiovascular risk, was observed in most investigations that high values of waist circumference are associated with a higher risk hypertension [26,27].

In relation to its easy of measurement, the waist circumference appropriate for epidemiological studies in children, in addition to being an important tool to verify overweight and obesity in children, thus identifying those who are at risk for the development of metabolic and cardiovascular complications [28,29].

The waist circumference is a highly sensitive and specific measure of the fat located in the upper part of the body [30,31]. However, researchers still lack information on its clinical usefulness to evaluate obesity-related health risks in adolescents [32,33]. Recently, Burgos et al. investigated the association of waist circumference with cardiovascular risk factors in Brazilian children and adolescents [34].

The appearance of secondary sexual characteristics, growth spurt and changes in body composition during adolescence vary greatly between individuals, making it difficult to establish specific criteria for nutritional status classification especially based on chronological age [35].

In our study, the WC differences found are likely to be due to differences in overall adiposity; 31.6% of boys were overweight or obese compared with 25.4% of girls. It is noteworthy the different cutoffs in different stages of sexual maturation, pointing to an interaction with physical changes during adolescence and a need for using different cutoffs. Regardless of height, which showed statistical significance for both females (p<0.001) in different pubertal stages: B1 ≠ (B2, B3, B4, B5); B2 ≠ (B3, B4, B5); B3 ≠ (B4, B5) and male (p <0.001) ≠ G1 (G2, G3, G4, G5); G2 ≠ (G3, G4, G5); G3 ≠ (G4, G5), shows the importance that sexual maturation has on body composition of adolescents.

As the population of this study was 10-16 incomplete years, there was little variation in age studied. Most students were pubescent. Of the 8,020 adolescents studied, sexual maturation was assessed in 90.1% of the sample (7,226, 54.8% of females) because some schools did not allow the self-assessment of their students. Of the adolescent females and males evaluated, 3.7% and 4.4% were in stage 1, 26.7% and 33.1% in stage 2; 45.6% and 41.1% in stage 3; 20.65% and 20.5% in stage 4; and 3.3% and 0.9% in stage 5, respectively.

It was possible to observe in this study, that the waist circumference also presented a good relation to adiposity. The mean value of the waist circumference of the female adolescents that represented the highest relation to adiposity was 74.28cm, with 0.932 of area under the ROC curve, 92.1% of sensitivity and 84.9% of specificity. The mean value of this circumference in the male adolescents was 77.5cm, with 0.949 of the area under the ROC curve, 93.7% of sensitivity and 90.2% of specificity. Since the cutoff points of waist circumference showed high sensitivity and specificity for both genders, we might assume that very few adolescents would be recommended weight control unnecessarily in case those cutoff points were applied to that population.

In the table of waist circumference distribution in percentiles, the values that presented the highest correlation with adiposity for the female adolescents are at the 75th percentile, except for the 15-year-olds, in which the value found corresponds to the 85th percentile. Regarding male adolescents, these values correspond to the 75th percentile for ages 10 to 13, and to the 85th percentile for ages 14 and 15.

A limitation of this study is that BMI for age and gender was used as the gold standard to test WC cutoffs while the use of body composition measures could provide more effective results. But, in the original study, the sample studied was large and these indicators were not evaluated in the entire population, which prevented further comparisons.

Despite its limitations, the study findings showed that WC was significantly associated with body adiposity. Age-specific WC percentiles and cutoff points may be used as surrogate markers of central obesity and its comorbidities and is therefore an important tool for additional clinical assessment in Brazilian adolescents.

Table 1: Characteristics of the population studied according to gender.

  Female Male  
  Mean (s.d.) Range Mean (s.d.) Range p-valor
Age (years)
Weight (kg)
Height (cm)
BMI (kg/m2)
WC(cm)
13.03 (1.26)
49.48 (10.91)
155.77 (7.87)
20.26 (3.59)
68.5 (9.1)
10.0 – 15.92
24.80 – 106.2
124.5 – 186.8
10.74 – 40.29
45 – 119
13.06 (1.29)
50.55 (13.44)*
157.75 (11.39)*
20.07 (3.8)*
70.2 (10.0)*
10.0 – 15.92
22.0 – 110.6
125.83 – 189.3
11.75 – 54.80
36 – 115
0.27
<.001
<.001
<.001
<.001

BMI: Body Mass Index; WC: Waist Circumference; *p<0.05 differences between gender

Table 2: Sample sizes and means and standard deviations (mean (s.d.)) for WC in Brazilian youth 10–15 y of age.

  Females Males
Age (y) Sample Size WC (cm) Sample Size WC (cm)
10 180 63.55 (8.24) 134 66.11 (9.05)
11 891 65.86 (8.64) 765 67.65 (9.94)
12 999 67.86 (9.33) 816 68.85 (10.02)
13 1106 69.47 (8.73) 904 71.34 (10.38)
14 961 71.06 (8.93) 787 72.66 (9.03)
15 234 70.95 (7.96) 242 73.23 (9.67)

WC: Waist circumference.

Table 3: Mean and standard deviations (s.d.) for WC, stratified by sexual maturation (Tanner) and gender.

  Females Males
Tanner Sample Size WC (cm) Sample Size WC (cm)
1 148 63.26 (9.40) 144 67.85 (10.26)
2 1057 65.69 (8.32) 1080 68.36 (10.31)
3 1807 68.63 (8.51) 1343 70.16 (9.65)
4 818 72.71 (9.3) 669 72.55 (9.86)
5 132 74.52 (9.48) 28 73.08 (10.0)

WC: Waist circumference.

Table 4: LMS percentiles values of WC in 8019 Brazilian adolescents aged 10-15 years.

Gender Age n 3th 5th 10th 15th 25th 50th 75th 85th 90th 95th 97th
Female 10 180 53.29 54.26 55.89 57.09 59.04 63.40 69.14 73.08 76.25 81.98 86.63
11 891 53.36 54.55 56.51 57.94 60.21 65.12 71.15 75.00 77.92 82.81 86.43
12 999 55.34 56.51 58.45 59.87 62.16 67.17 73.51 77.69 80.93 86.53 90.80
13 1.106 57.31 58.47 60.40 61.80 64.08 69.05 75.37 79.55 82.80 88.42 92.73
14 961 58.35 59.58 61.59 63.04 65.35 70.28 76.23 79.98 82.79 87.44 90.82
15 234 58.56 59.80 61.82 63.27 65.56 70.34 75.97 79.41 81.95 86.06 88.98
Male 10 134 56.02 57.00 58.65 59.88 61.90 66.55 73.02 77.77 81.81 89.78 90.07
11 765 54.14 55.37 57.40 58.90 61.31 66.63 73.46 78.01 81.57 87.77 92.57
12 816 54.44 55.81 58.08 59.74 62.39 68.16 75.31 79.93 83.45 89.38 93.79
13 904 57.15 58.46 60.63 62.22 64.77 70.33 77.29 81.83 85.32 91.25 95.72
14 787 60.79 61.92 63.81 65.19 67.43 72.34 78.64 82.84 86.14 91.91 96.41
15 242 62.34 63.40 65.17 66.48 68.61 73.41 79.84 84.34 88.02 94.85 100.59

WC: Waist circumference.

Table 5: Cutoff points of the WC according to age and gender of the adolescents that presented the highest sensitivity and specificity as regards adiposity.

      Age
Variables Gender 10 11 12 13 14 15
WC Area F 0.916 0.897 0.941 0.931 0.945 0.966
M 0.968 0.919 0.944 0.945 0.971 0.946
95% CI F 0.841-0.991 0.853-0.941 0.916-0.967 0.900-0.962 0.916-0.973 0.939-0.992
M 0.941-0.994 0.885-0.952 0.919-0.970 0.914-0.976 0.945-0.998 0.861-1.000
Spec F 87.3 86.9 83.0 81.8 82.4 87.9
M 88.4 86.7 90.3 89.3 91.3 95.1
Sens F 89.3 82.6 94.3 91.7 94.7 100.0
M 100.0 88.8 89.2 92.5 97.2 94.7
Cutoff F ≥69.20 ≥72.40 ≥73.30 ≥74.95 ≥76.90 ≥78.95
M ≥71.15 ≥73.40 ≥76.90 ≥78.85 ≥79.95 ≥84.75

WC: Waist circumference: Spec: Specificity; Sens: Sensitivity.

Conclusion

The results of this study describe the values of circumference at different percentiles of the adolescent population between 10 and 15. They also present the values that would be predictive of a higher relation with obesity, making it possible for health professionals to early identify adolescents at high risk of a higher body fat build-up.

Acknowledgement

The World Health Organization (WHO) asserts that the definition of obesity in children and adolescents should be related to that in adults. Nevertheless, since the diseases in adolescence are not as prevalent as they are in the adult population, it is important to asses how accurately anthropometry, including specific levels of Body Mass Index (BMI), and measurements of circumference can predict risk factors diseases in adulthood, as well as support interventions. The results of this study describe the values of circumference at different percentiles of the adolescent population between 10 and 15 years. The WC was significantly associated with body adiposity. They also present the values that would be predictive of a higher relation with obesity.

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Zanetti Passos MA, de Pádua Cintra I, de Moraes Ferrari GL, de Almeida EC, Fisberg M (2014) Percentiles of Body Circumferences and Cutoff Points Regarding the Obesity of Adolescents from São Paulo – Brazil. Ann Pediatr Child Health 2(3): 1018.

Received : 16 Jul 2014
Accepted : 19 Jul 2014
Published : 21 Jul 2014
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ISSN : 2379-0490
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JSM Spine
ISSN : 2578-3181
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Archives of Palliative Care
ISSN : 2573-1165
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JSM Nutritional Disorders
ISSN : 2578-3203
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Annals of Neurodegenerative Disorders
ISSN : 2476-2032
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Journal of Fever
ISSN : 2641-7782
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JSM Bone Marrow Research
ISSN : 2578-3351
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JSM Mathematics and Statistics
ISSN : 2578-3173
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Journal of Autoimmunity and Research
ISSN : 2573-1173
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JSM Arthritis
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JSM Head and Neck Cancer-Cases and Reviews
ISSN : 2573-1610
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JSM General Surgery Cases and Images
ISSN : 2573-1564
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JSM Anatomy and Physiology
ISSN : 2573-1262
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JSM Dental Surgery
ISSN : 2573-1548
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Annals of Emergency Surgery
ISSN : 2573-1017
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Annals of Mens Health and Wellness
ISSN : 2641-7707
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Health Care
ISSN : 2576-0084
Launched : 2018
Journal of Chronic Diseases and Management
ISSN : 2573-1300
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Annals of Vaccines and Immunization
ISSN : 2378-9379
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JSM Heart Surgery Cases and Images
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Annals of Reproductive Medicine and Treatment
ISSN : 2573-1092
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JSM Brain Science
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JSM Biomarkers
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JSM Biology
ISSN : 2475-9392
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Archives of Stem Cell and Research
ISSN : 2578-3580
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Annals of Clinical and Medical Microbiology
ISSN : 2578-3629
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JSM Pediatric Surgery
ISSN : 2578-3149
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Journal of Memory Disorder and Rehabilitation
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JSM Tropical Medicine and Research
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JSM Head and Face Medicine
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JSM Cardiothoracic Surgery
ISSN : 2573-1297
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JSM Bone and Joint Diseases
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JSM Bioavailability and Bioequivalence
ISSN : 2641-7812
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JSM Atherosclerosis
ISSN : 2573-1270
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Journal of Genitourinary Disorders
ISSN : 2641-7790
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Journal of Fractures and Sprains
ISSN : 2578-3831
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Journal of Autism and Epilepsy
ISSN : 2641-7774
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Annals of Marine Biology and Research
ISSN : 2573-105X
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JSM Health Education & Primary Health Care
ISSN : 2578-3777
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JSM Communication Disorders
ISSN : 2578-3807
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Annals of Musculoskeletal Disorders
ISSN : 2578-3599
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Annals of Virology and Research
ISSN : 2573-1122
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JSM Renal Medicine
ISSN : 2573-1637
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Journal of Muscle Health
ISSN : 2578-3823
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JSM Genetics and Genomics
ISSN : 2334-1823
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JSM Anxiety and Depression
ISSN : 2475-9139
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Clinical Journal of Heart Diseases
ISSN : 2641-7766
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Annals of Medicinal Chemistry and Research
ISSN : 2378-9336
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JSM Pain and Management
ISSN : 2578-3378
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JSM Women's Health
ISSN : 2578-3696
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Clinical Research in HIV or AIDS
ISSN : 2374-0094
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Journal of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity
ISSN : 2333-6692
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Journal of Substance Abuse and Alcoholism
ISSN : 2373-9363
Launched : 2013
JSM Neurosurgery and Spine
ISSN : 2373-9479
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Journal of Liver and Clinical Research
ISSN : 2379-0830
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Journal of Drug Design and Research
ISSN : 2379-089X
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JSM Clinical Oncology and Research
ISSN : 2373-938X
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JSM Bioinformatics, Genomics and Proteomics
ISSN : 2576-1102
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JSM Chemistry
ISSN : 2334-1831
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Journal of Trauma and Care
ISSN : 2573-1246
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JSM Surgical Oncology and Research
ISSN : 2578-3688
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Annals of Food Processing and Preservation
ISSN : 2573-1033
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Journal of Radiology and Radiation Therapy
ISSN : 2333-7095
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JSM Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
ISSN : 2578-3572
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Annals of Clinical Pathology
ISSN : 2373-9282
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Annals of Cardiovascular Diseases
ISSN : 2641-7731
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Journal of Behavior
ISSN : 2576-0076
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Annals of Clinical and Experimental Metabolism
ISSN : 2572-2492
Launched : 2016
Clinical Research in Infectious Diseases
ISSN : 2379-0636
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JSM Microbiology
ISSN : 2333-6455
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Journal of Urology and Research
ISSN : 2379-951X
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Journal of Family Medicine and Community Health
ISSN : 2379-0547
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Annals of Pregnancy and Care
ISSN : 2578-336X
Launched : 2017
JSM Cell and Developmental Biology
ISSN : 2379-061X
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Annals of Aquaculture and Research
ISSN : 2379-0881
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Clinical Research in Pulmonology
ISSN : 2333-6625
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Journal of Immunology and Clinical Research
ISSN : 2333-6714
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Annals of Forensic Research and Analysis
ISSN : 2378-9476
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JSM Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
ISSN : 2333-7109
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Annals of Breast Cancer Research
ISSN : 2641-7685
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Annals of Gerontology and Geriatric Research
ISSN : 2378-9409
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Journal of Sleep Medicine and Disorders
ISSN : 2379-0822
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JSM Burns and Trauma
ISSN : 2475-9406
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Chemical Engineering and Process Techniques
ISSN : 2333-6633
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Annals of Clinical Cytology and Pathology
ISSN : 2475-9430
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JSM Allergy and Asthma
ISSN : 2573-1254
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Journal of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
ISSN : 2334-2307
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Annals of Sports Medicine and Research
ISSN : 2379-0571
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JSM Sexual Medicine
ISSN : 2578-3718
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Annals of Vascular Medicine and Research
ISSN : 2378-9344
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JSM Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering
ISSN : 2333-7117
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Journal of Hematology and Transfusion
ISSN : 2333-6684
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JSM Environmental Science and Ecology
ISSN : 2333-7141
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Journal of Cardiology and Clinical Research
ISSN : 2333-6676
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JSM Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine
ISSN : 2334-1815
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Journal of Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders
ISSN : 2475-9473
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JSM Ophthalmology
ISSN : 2333-6447
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Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Toxicology
ISSN : 2333-7079
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Annals of Psychiatry and Mental Health
ISSN : 2374-0124
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Medical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
ISSN : 2333-6439
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JSM Clinical Pharmaceutics
ISSN : 2379-9498
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JSM Foot and Ankle
ISSN : 2475-9112
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JSM Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia
ISSN : 2378-9565
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Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapy
ISSN : 2333-665X
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Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Research
ISSN : 2378-931X
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Annals of Public Health and Research
ISSN : 2378-9328
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Annals of Orthopedics and Rheumatology
ISSN : 2373-9290
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Journal of Clinical Nephrology and Research
ISSN : 2379-0652
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Annals of Community Medicine and Practice
ISSN : 2475-9465
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Annals of Biometrics and Biostatistics
ISSN : 2374-0116
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JSM Clinical Case Reports
ISSN : 2373-9819
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Journal of Cancer Biology and Research
ISSN : 2373-9436
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Journal of Surgery and Transplantation Science
ISSN : 2379-0911
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Journal of Dermatology and Clinical Research
ISSN : 2373-9371
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JSM Gastroenterology and Hepatology
ISSN : 2373-9487
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Annals of Nursing and Practice
ISSN : 2379-9501
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JSM Dentistry
ISSN : 2333-7133
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