Primary Validation of the Submandibular Skinfold as an Anthropometric Measurement of Cardiometabolic Risk in People with Intellectual Disabilities Ferrero Hernández, Paloma Farías Valenzuela, Claudio Ferrari, Gerson Álvarez Arangua, Sebastián Villalobos Flores, Hans Valdivia Moral, Pedro Angel Intellectual disability Cardiometabolic risk Obesity The accumulation of body fat is an important cardiometabolic risk factor; however, there is no consensus about which measure is more reliable for the assessment of cardiometabolic risk in people with intellectual disabilities. The aim of the present study was to primarily validate the submandibular skinfold as an anthropometric measurement of cardiometabolic risk in children, adolescents, and adults with intellectual disabilities, using a cross-sectional study made up of 131 people (67.2% men) with mild and moderate intellectual disability. The cardiometabolic risk indicators used were: body mass index (kg/m2), neck circumference (cm), waist circumference (cm), calf circumference (cm) and waist-to-height ratio. Moderate correlations were demonstrated between the submandibular skinfold measure and the anthropometric measurements analyzed in the three age categories, showing the highest correlation (r = 0.70) between the submandibular skinfold and BMI in the adolescent group and waist-to-height ratio in adults. The implementation of the submandibular skinfold measurement is suggested as an easy, fast, and minimally invasive anthropometric measurement as part of the physical and nutritional evaluation for the assessment of cardiometabolic risk in people with intellectual disabilities. 2024-09-25T11:28:47Z 2024-09-25T11:28:47Z 2023-01-17 journal article Ferrero-Hernández, P.; Farías-Valenzuela, C.; Ferrari, G.; Álvarez-Arangua, S.; Villalobos-Flores, H.; Valdivia-Moral, P. Primary Validation of the Submandibular Skinfold as an Anthropometric Measurement of Cardiometabolic Risk in People with Intellectual Disabilities. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1658. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031658 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/95087 10.3390/ijerph20031658 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI