title: Anthropometric indices of failure to thrive.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare five anthropometric methods of classifying failure to thrive in order to ascertain their relative merits in predicting developmental, dietary, and eating problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  The five anthropometric methods were compared in 83 children with failure to thrive.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The methods were inconsistent in classification of severity, and no one method was superior in predicting problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Weight alone, being the simplest, is still the most reasonable marker for failure to thrive and associated problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Child Health, Belmont House, 3 Belmont Grove, Leeds LS2 9NP, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raynor
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rudolf
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index