title: Growth reference for Saudi school-age children and adolescents: LMS parameters and percentiles.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Information on LMS parameters and percentiles reference for Saudi children and adolescents is not available.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report the L, M, and S parameters and percentile reference graphs for growth.
  
  
  METHODS
  Field survey of a population-based sample of Saudi school-age children and adolescents (5-18 years of age).
  
  
  METHODS
  A stratified listing of the Saudi population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the national study of healthy children were reanalyzed using the Lamba-Mu-Sigma (LMS) methodology. The LMS parameters of percentiles for weight, height, and body mass index for age were calculated for children and adolescents from 5 to 18 years of age.
  
  
  METHODS
  The main outcomes were the LMS parameters and percentiles of growth.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 19299 and 9827 (50.9%) were boys. The data for weight, height, and BMI for age for boys and girls are reported for the 3rd, 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th, and 97th percentiles including LMS parameters for each percentile and age. Figures corresponding to each table are color coded (blue for boys and pink for girls).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report provides a reference for growth and nutrition of Saudi school-age children and adolescents. The detailed LMS and percentile tables and graphs provide essential information for clinical assessment of nutritional status and growth in various clinical conditions and for research.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report does not reflect regional variations in growth.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Mohammad El Mouzan, Department of Pediatrics,, King Saud University,, PO Box 2925, Riyadh 11461,, Saudi Arabia, T: +966-11-4670807,, F: +966-11-4679463, drmouzan@gmail.com, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8699-3143.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Mouzan
authors.forename: Abdullah Al
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Salloum
authors.forename: Ahmad Al
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Omer
authors.forename: Mansour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alqurashi
authors.forename: Abdullah Al
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Herbish
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D057238:Growth Charts; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012529:Saudi Arabia