Updated growth curves for Turkish children aged 15 days to 60 months

Gokcay G., Furman A., Neyzi O.

CHILD CARE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, cilt.34, sa.4, ss.454-463, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00813.x
  • Dergi Adı: CHILD CARE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.454-463
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: body mass index, growth, infants, BODY-MASS INDEX, CENTILE CURVES, LMS METHOD, WEIGHT, REFERENCES, INFANTS, HEIGHT, ORIGIN
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background Growth reference values are useful in paediatric health care as a health indicator. Secular changes in height for age values are also known to affect the timing of puberty and brain weight. Different populations may be at different stages of this secular trend. It is, therefore, necessary to periodically update the growth reference values for each population to identify these changes. The aim of this study was to update the growth reference values for Turkish infants and young children.