title: [Studies on standard growth curve chart on body weight of adolescent Chinese for orthodontic diagnosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the first new annual increase and growth curve charts on the body weight of Chinese children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were surveyed in 1995, which were obtained from subjects consisting of 32524 students aged from 7 to 19 years in Sichuan province.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean values of the annual increment of body weight, sex and area difference were analyzed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The new standard growth curve chart on the body weight is very useful for orthodontic diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
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: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xiong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People; D001835:Body Weight / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009970:Orthodontics; D012015:Reference Standards