Height and weight reference charts for children aged 2-18 years from Verona, Italy.
OBJECTIVE
To compile curves for growth in weight and height for Italian children and adolescents.


METHODS
Cross-sectional.


METHODS
All primary and secondary schools in the area of Verona, Italy, between October 1986 and January 1987.


METHODS
20534 female and 20345 male children aged 2-18 years.


METHODS
Weight and height were measured using Salus balances, and age in days was calculated between the date of measurement and that of birth: centiles of weight and height by age were calculated by the LMS method of Cole (1990).


RESULTS
The height and weight curves were similar for both boys and girls to those obtained in Switzerland by Prader & Budliger (1977). However pre-pubertal Italian boys and girls are taller and heavier than the standards for France (Sempè & Pedron, 1953-1970) or for the UK by Tanner & Whitehouse (1976).
Zoppi
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Chair of Paediatrics, Verona University and Paediatric Division, City Hospital of Verona.
Bressan
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F
Luciano
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A
D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors