title: The use of short-term increments in weight to monitor growth in infancy.
abstract: The use of weight measurements at regular intervals of 2-8 weeks in infancy is considered in the context of detecting slowing-down of growth due to nutritional or other causes. Mixed longitudinal data from 427 children in the Sudan covering the first year of life are presented. Using a simple model it is shown that measurements at short intervals are quicker to detect growth deficiencies, but at the cost of a substantial increase in the false alarm rate.
authors.affiliation: Home Science Department, Faculty of Education, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Zumrawi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013397:Sudan; D013997:Time Factors; D015430:Weight Gain