Published in Am J Clin Nutr on September 23, 2009
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Extreme percentiles of the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BMI chart and the LMS method. Am J Clin Nutr (2010) 0.78
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Development of bioelectrical impedance analysis prediction equations for body composition with the use of a multicomponent model for use in epidemiologic surveys. Am J Clin Nutr (2003) 3.40
High adiposity and high body mass index-for-age in US children and adolescents overall and by race-ethnic group. Am J Clin Nutr (2010) 3.22
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Trends in blood folate and vitamin B-12 concentrations in the United States, 1988 2004. Am J Clin Nutr (2007) 3.03
Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among youth and adults in the United States: 1999-2010. Am J Clin Nutr (2013) 2.74
Cardiorespiratory fitness levels among US adults 20-49 years of age: findings from the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 2.60
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Unexplained decline in the prevalence of anemia among US children and women between 1988-1994 and 1999-2002. Am J Clin Nutr (2008) 2.16
Relations of lipoprotein subclass levels and low-density lipoprotein size to progression of coronary artery disease in the Pravastatin Limitation of Atherosclerosis in the Coronary Arteries (PLAC-I) trial. Am J Cardiol (2002) 2.15
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Comparison of the prevalence of shortness, underweight, and overweight among US children aged 0 to 59 months by using the CDC 2000 and the WHO 2006 growth charts. J Pediatr (2008) 2.01
Estimation of trends in serum and RBC folate in the U.S. population from pre- to postfortification using assay-adjusted data from the NHANES 1988-2010. J Nutr (2012) 1.98
Racial and ethnic differences in the seroprevalence of 6 infectious diseases in the United States: data from NHANES III, 1988-1994. Am J Public Health (2004) 1.91
The relationship between healthful eating practices and dental caries in children aged 2-5 years in the United States, 1988-1994. J Am Dent Assoc (2004) 1.89
Childhood overweight prevalence in the United States: the impact of parent-reported height and weight. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2009) 1.84
Association of body fat percentage with lipid concentrations in children and adolescents: United States, 1999-2004. Am J Clin Nutr (2011) 1.83
Statistical and practical issues in the design of a national probability sample of births for the Vanguard Study of the National Children's Study. Stat Med (2010) 1.81
Anthropometric reference data for children and adults: U.S. population, 1999-2002. Adv Data (2005) 1.80
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Weight-for-stature compared with body mass index-for-age growth charts for the United States from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Am J Clin Nutr (2002) 1.48
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The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Sample Design, 1999-2006. Vital Health Stat 2 (2012) 1.45
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Biomarkers of folate status in NHANES: a roundtable summary. Am J Clin Nutr (2011) 1.43
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Adult obesity prevalence in Canada and the United States. NCHS Data Brief (2011) 1.34
Folate and vitamin B-12 biomarkers in NHANES: history of their measurement and use. Am J Clin Nutr (2011) 1.33
Blood folate levels: the latest NHANES results. NCHS Data Brief (2008) 1.32
Smoothed percentage body fat percentiles for U.S. children and adolescents, 1999-2004. Natl Health Stat Report (2011) 1.31
Physical activity in U.S. youth aged 12-15 years, 2012. NCHS Data Brief (2014) 1.30
Comparison of serum and red blood cell folate microbiologic assays for national population surveys. J Nutr (2011) 1.29
The pediatric obesity epidemic continues unabated in Bogalusa, Louisiana. Pediatrics (2010) 1.27
Consumption of added sugars among U.S. adults, 2005-2010. NCHS Data Brief (2013) 1.24
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Multiple imputation of missing dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry data in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Stat Med (2010) 1.18
Disparities in obesity prevalence in the United States: black women at risk. Am J Clin Nutr (2009) 1.18
Overview of a roundtable on NHANES monitoring of biomarkers of folate and vitamin B-12 status: measurement procedure issues. Am J Clin Nutr (2011) 1.16
Trends in preventive asthma medication use among children and adolescents, 1988-2008. Pediatrics (2011) 1.13
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Nutrition assessment in the National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002. J Am Diet Assoc (2007) 1.13
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