Anthropometric indices of failure to thrive.
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.
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Department of Community Child Health, Belmont House, 3 Belmont Grove, Leeds LS2 9NP, UK.
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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