Some Questions About How Growth Standards Are Used

Overview

Journal Horm Res

Specialty Endocrinology

Date 1996 Jan 1

PMID 8805040

Citations 10

Authors

T J Cole

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Abstract

The use of a growth standard involves decisions about which growth chart to employ, which centiles on the chart to use as a cut-off for abnormal growth, and how to interpret the centile plots of specific individuals. Some of these issues are philosophical, whereas other are practical; however, they can all be addressed as a way of improving the usefulness of growth standards in a wide variety of situations.

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