title: Comparison of Updated Weight and Height Percentiles with Previous References in 6-17-Year-Old Children in Kayseri, Turkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare updated weight and height percentiles of 6-17-year-old children from all socio-economic levels in Kayseri with previous local references and other national/international data.
  
  
  METHODS
  The second study "Determination of Anthropometric Measurements of Turkish Children and Adolescents study (DAMTCA II)" was conducted in Kayseri, between October 2007 and April 2008. Weight and height measurements from 4321 (1926 boys, 2395 girls) school children aged between 6 to 17 years were included in this cross-sectional study. Using these data, weight and height percentile curves were produced with generalized additive models for location, scale and shape (GAMLSS) and compared with the most recent references.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Smoothed percentile curves including the 3rd, 5th, 10th, 15th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 85th, 90th, 95th, and 97thpercentiles were obtained for boys and girls. These results were compared with DAMTCA I study and with two national (İstanbul and Ankara) and international data from Asia and from Europe.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides updated weight and height references for Turkish school children aged between 6 and 17 years residing in Kayseri.
authors: Gökmen
authors: G
authors: Zararsız
authors: Betül
authors: B
authors: Çiçek
authors: Meda
authors: M
authors: Kondolot
authors: M Mümtaz
authors: MM
authors: Mazıcıoğlu
authors: Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Kayseri, Turkey Phone: +90 352 437 49 37/23476 E-mail: ahmets67@hotmail.com.
authors: Ahmet
authors: A
authors: Öztürk
authors: Selim
authors: S
authors: Kurtoğlu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height / Q000502:physiology*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D014421:Turkey