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Longitudinal height velocity standards for U.S. adolescents

C S Berkey1, D W Dockery, X Wang

  • 1Harvard School of Public Health, Technology Assessment Group, Boston, MA 02115.

Statistics in Medicine
|February 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

This study provides crucial height velocity centiles for U.S. children aged 7-18 years. These growth charts aid pediatricians in assessing child development and identifying growth variations.

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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Endocrinology
  • Human Growth and Development
  • Biostatistics

Background:

  • Accurate assessment of childhood growth is essential for clinical practice.
  • Existing growth charts may not fully capture variations in maturation rates.
  • Longitudinal data are crucial for understanding dynamic growth patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To derive and present longitudinal height velocity centiles for U.S. children aged 7 to 18 years.
  • To provide clinically applicable growth references stratified by maturation.
  • To support pediatricians in monitoring and evaluating child growth trajectories.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized longitudinal data from 6532 Black and White children in the Six Cities Study (1974-1989).
  • Calculated gender- and race-specific median height velocity curves.

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  • Developed smoothed 3rd to 97th centile curves for early, average, and late maturers.

    • Main Results:

    • Established normative height velocity centiles for children aged 7-18 years.
    • Presented gender- and race-specific median velocity curves by year of maturation.
    • Provided centile curves accommodating different maturation timings.

    Conclusions:

    • The derived height velocity centiles offer a valuable tool for pediatric clinical assessment.
    • These references enable more precise evaluation of growth patterns in diverse U.S. children.
    • Understanding maturation-specific growth is key to accurate pediatric monitoring.