title: [Comparing Argentinian reference with WHO standards for the anthropometric evaluation of children less than 5 year-old].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The new WHO growth standards, were the result of a multicenter growth reference study, performed on a sample of children with rigorous criteria of health, with families that had complied with the health recommendations that are made in the field of breastfeeding and not smoking.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare the argentine references with the WHO standard for the anthropometric evaluation of a population of children under 5 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  474 children younger than 5 years old who attended the Municipal Health Centers during October 2004.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children were weighed and measured with instruments and techniques standardized by SAP. The study design was observational, cross-sectional, descriptive. We used EPI6/ ANTCONV for Argentine reference and ANTRHRO 2005 for WHO standard T test for two samples, P (T < t) two tails, and Chi 2.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total 474, 231 boys and 243 girls. Height/ age minor - 2 DS: Argentine reference= 39 (8.2%) and WHO= 58 (12.2%), not significant. Weight/age minor -2DS: Argentine reference= 24 (5.1%) and WHO= 10 (Chi 2 p = 0.014).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  WHO standards, from 12 months on, selected the largest number of children with short stature, and, regarding weight, it happened the opposite, they selected less children with low weight/age.
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Salud, Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos. canigstein@intramed.net
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anigstein
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kerai
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moranelli de Zárate
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martinolich
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Portela
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lerner
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Corfield
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frutos
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delmagro
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roa
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Esparapan
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Odriozola
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D014944:World Health Organization