title: [Studies on standard growth curve chart on body height of Chinese adolescent for orthodontic diagnosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To make a standard growth curve chart on the body height of Chinese adolescent.
  
  
  METHODS
  Statistical data were surveyed in 1995, which were obtained from subjects consisting of 32,524 students aged from seven to nineteen years in the province of Sichuan.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean values of the annual increment of body height and the ages of the pubertal growth periods were analyzed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The new standard growth curve chart on the body height of adolescent chinese were applied for better understanding the growth pattern of chinese orthodontic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, College of Stomatology, West China University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent / Q000502:physiology*; D044466:Asian People; D001827:Body Height / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D012016:Reference Values