title: Growth reference for Saudi preschool children: LMS parameters and percentiles.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous growth charts for Saudi children have not included detailed tables and parameters needed for research and incorporation in electronic records.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this report is to publish the L, M, and S parameters and percentiles as well as the corresponding growth charts for Saudi preschool children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Community-based survey and measurement of growth parameters in a sample selected by a multistage probability procedure.
  
  
  METHODS
  A stratified listing of the Saudi population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Raw data from the previous nationally-representative sample were reanalyzed using the Lambda-Mu-Sigma (LMS) methodology to calculate the L, M, and S parameters of percentiles (from 3rd to 97th) for weight, length/height, head circumference, and body mass index-for-age, and weight for-length/height for boys and girls from birth to 60 months.
  
  
  METHODS
  Length or height and weight of Saudi preschool children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 15601 Saudi children younger than 60 months of age, 7896 (50.6 %) were boys. The LMS parameters for weight for age from birth to 60 months (5 years) are reported for the 3rd, 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th, and 97th percentiles as well as the corresponding graphs. Similarly, the LMS parameters for length/height-for-age, head circumference-for-age, weight-for-length/height and body mass index-for-age (BMi) are shown with the corresponding graphs for boys and girls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using the data in this report, clinicians and researchers can assess the growth of Saudi preschool children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The report does not reflect interregional variations in growth.
authors.forename: Shaffi Ahamed
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shaik
authors.affiliation: Prof. Mohammad Issa ElMouzan, King Saud University Pediatrics,, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, T: +966 1 467 0807, F: 966 11 467 9463, drmouzan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mohammad Issa
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: El Mouzan
authors.forename: Abdullah Abdulmohsin
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: AlSalloum
authors.forename: Abdullah Sulaiman
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: AlHerbish
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D057238:Growth Charts; D006257:Head / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D012529:Saudi Arabia