title: Age-related weight-for-height charts for south Iranian school children.
abstract: Analysis of data from the Shiraz (Iran) growth study requires to take age into account when assessing weight-for-height of school children aged 6-12. A unified structure standard score method is used to construct age-related weight-for-height. Weight-for-height charts were drawn for each age-sex category of children. These charts suggest that local weight-for-height standards should be used in clinical work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ayatollahi
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D017678:Sex Distribution