Azimeh Maghzi Najafabadi
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranPublications
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Original Article
A Longitudinal Study for Developing Growth Charts in a Middle Eastern Child Population Under Two Years Old and Comparison with the World Health Organization Reference Curves
Author(s): Zahra Heidari, Awat Feizi*, Azimeh Maghzi Najafabadi and Roya Kelishadi
Objective: To develop representative growth reference charts of head circumference, length, and weight for children under two years old in Isfahan, Iran and to compare them with the World Health Organization (WHO) reference curves. Methods: This population-based, longitudinal study was conducted among 1088 healthy children who were born between 2012 to 2015 in Isfahan, Iran. At birth and during each follow-up time points i.e., 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months, anthropometric indices (weight, length, and head circumference) of children were measured by expert health care providers in the health centers. The LMS method was used to construct the age- and sex-specific growth charts of anthropometric measures. Results: The study sample comprised 542 boys and 546 girls. The centiles of head circumference, length, and weight.. Read More»