Use of national and international growth charts for studying height in European children: development of up-to-date European height-for-age charts
Growth charts based on data collected in different populations and time periods are key tools to assess children's linear growth. We analyzed the impact of geographic factors and the secular trend on height-for-age charts currently used in European populations, developed up-to-date European gro...
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| description | Growth charts based on data collected in different populations and time periods are key tools to assess children's linear growth. We analyzed the impact of geographic factors and the secular trend on height-for-age charts currently used in European populations, developed up-to-date European growth charts, and studied the effect of using different charts in a sample of growth retarded children.
In an international survey we obtained 18 unique national height-for-age charts from 28 European countries and compared them with charts from the World Health Organization (WHO), Euro-Growth reference, and Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As an example, we obtained height data from 3,534 children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) from 13 countries via the ESPN/ERA-EDTA registry, a patient group generally suffering from growth retardation. National growth charts showed a clear secular trend in height (mean height increased on average 0.6 cm/decade) and a North-South height gradient in Europe. For countries without a recent (>1990) national growth chart novel European growth charts were constructed from Northern and Southern European reference populations, reflecting geographic height differences in mean final height of 3.9 cm in boys and 3.8 cm in girls. Mean height SDS of 2- to 17-year-old ESRD patients calculated from recent national or derived European growth charts (-1.91, 95% CI: -1.97 to -1.85) was significantly lower than when using CDC or WHO growth charts (-1.55, 95% CI: -1.61 to -1.49) (P |
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| subjects | Age Analysis Body Height Body mass index Charts Child Child development Children Children & youth Chronic kidney failure Clinical medicine Councils Disabled children Disease control End-stage renal disease Endocrine therapy Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acids Europe Geography Girls Growth Growth hormones Growth rate Health informatics Hemodialysis Hospitals Humans Impact analysis Infant Infant, Newborn Kidney diseases Kidney Failure, Chronic - physiopathology Measurement techniques Medicine Nephrology Pediatric diseases Pediatrics Physical growth Populations Society Surveys Trade shows Transplants & implants Trends Values |
| title | Use of national and international growth charts for studying height in European children: development of up-to-date European height-for-age charts |
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