A Method for Adjustment of Final Height for Midparental Height for Swedish Children

Karlberg, Johan; Fryer, J. G.

doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.1990.tb11496.x

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“…The decreased average height in adulthood reflects two phenomena, so that it becomes difficult to make an exact comparison of the mean height values obtained from earlier studies [l]: first, the 'normal' ageing process with reduction in height after 4 5 years of age [12]: and secondly, the increase in average adult height observed between generations. For instance, the average difference in final height between parents born in 1 9 3 0 and their children is approximately 2.5 cm [13]. The present study shows a mean height difference of about 5.0cm between the lowest and highest age groups.…”

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Weight‐for‐height standards in adulthood

Karlberg

Mossberg²

1991

Journal of Internal Medicine

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Although there are some Swedish studies giving reference values for height and weight in adulthood, no values of weight for height (W/H) are available. W/H is an essential measurement, as it permits comparison of weight independent of the height of an individual. We here present a method of constructing W/H standards, illustrated by a material sample of 4438 healthy individuals, 20-80 years of age, living in the Uppsala County during the period 1964-1971. In setting standards of W/H, the 'normal' increase in weight during adulthood and the distribution skewness of weight are both shown to be important. This weight gain starts at about 40 years of age, and is completed at approximately 55 years of age. It can be regarded as a 'normal' pattern, but not necessarily the optimum healthy one. Using ordinary growth charts for weight and height, a simple means of expressing W/H in standard deviation scores is outlined. It is difficult to find a representative Swedish sample, owing to geographical and psychosocial differences, and also to the secular trend phenomenon. However, the mean values for weight and height obtained in the present study fall between the mean values of two other recently conducted Swedish studies.

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Weight‐for‐height standards in adulthood

Karlberg

Mossberg²

1991

Journal of Internal Medicine

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“…Patient height and weight measurements were recorded using the growth chart published by Sempé, et al 22 . Patient target height was calculated using Tanner's formula 23,24 . Growth velocity was defined as the change in height SDS during the followup.…”

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Effect of Biologic Treatments on Growth in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

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“…These values were used to compute the parental and mid -parental height SDS, as there has also been a change ove r tim e in these figur es (24) .…”

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Growth in Full- Term Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants: From Birth to Final Height

1995

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Vol. 38, No.5, 1995 Printed in U.S.A.Intrauterine growth retardation, or being small for gestational age (SGA), has a life-long impact on a fetus's potential for development and survival. The incidence and relative risk of short stature in children born SGA were studied using a Swedish healthy full-term (37-43 wk of gestation) singleton birth cohort (n = 3650) from Goteborg, followed from birth to final height at about 18 y of age. Most infants, defined as SGA on the basis of a birth length less than -2 standard deviation scores (SDS) below the mean (SGA L infants), showed catch-up growth during the first 6 mo after birth, and by 1 Y only 13.4% of the SGA L infants were below -2 SDS in height. This percentage decreased further during childhood to reach a value of 7.9% at 18 y of age. Although most SGA L infants have catch-up growth in early life, those who do not constitute 21% of short, prepubertal children. At 18 Y of age, 22% of the total short population were short at birth « -2 SDS), whereas when birth weight was used to define SGA, only 14% of the 18-y-old short population were light at birth. SGA L infants were found to have a 7-fold higher risk for short final stature (relative risk, 7.1; 95% confidence interval,

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A Method for Adjustment of Final Height for Midparental Height for Swedish Children

Cited by 13 publications

References 5 publications

Weight‐for‐height standards in adulthood

Weight‐for‐height standards in adulthood

Effect of Biologic Treatments on Growth in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Growth in Full- Term Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants: From Birth to Final Height

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