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Growth reference for Saudi school-age children and adolescents: LMS parameters and percentiles
Mohammad El Mouzan1, Abdullah Al Salloum, Ahmad Al Omer
1Dr. Mohammad El Mouzan, Department of Pediatrics,, King Saud University,, PO Box 2925, Riyadh 11461,, Saudi Arabia, T: +966-11-4670807,, F: +966-11-4679463, drmouzan@gmail.com, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8699-3143.
Background:
Information on LMS parameters and percentiles reference for Saudi children and adolescents is not available.
Objective:
To report the L, M, and S parameters and percentile reference graphs for growth.
Design:
Field survey of a population-based sample of Saudi school-age children and adolescents (5-18 years of age).
Setting:
A stratified listing of the Saudi population.
Subjects And Methods:
Data from the national study of healthy children were reanalyzed using the Lamba-Mu-Sigma (LMS) methodology. The LMS parameters of percentiles for weight, height, and body mass index for age were calculated for children and adolescents from 5 to 18 years of age.
Main Outcome Measure:
The main outcomes were the LMS parameters and percentiles of growth.
Results:
There were 19299 and 9827 (50.9%) were boys. The data for weight, height, and BMI for age for boys and girls are reported for the 3rd, 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th, and 97th percentiles including LMS parameters for each percentile and age. Figures corresponding to each table are color coded (blue for boys and pink for girls).
Conclusions:
This report provides a reference for growth and nutrition of Saudi school-age children and adolescents. The detailed LMS and percentile tables and graphs provide essential information for clinical assessment of nutritional status and growth in various clinical conditions and for research.
Limitations:
This report does not reflect regional variations in growth.
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