G Zoppi1, F Bressan, A Luciano. 1. Chair of Paediatrics, Verona University and Paediatric Division, City Hospital of Verona.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compile curves for growth in weight and height for Italian children and adolescents. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: All primary and secondary schools in the area of Verona, Italy, between October 1986 and January 1987. SUBJECTS: 20534 female and 20345 male children aged 2-18 years. METHODS: Weight and height were measured using Salus balances, and age in days was calculated between the date of measurement and that of birth: centiles of weight and height by age were calculated by the LMS method of Cole (1990). RESULTS: The height and weight curves were similar for both boys and girls to those obtained in Switzerland by Prader & Budliger (1977). However pre-pubertal Italian boys and girls are taller and heavier than the standards for France (Sempè & Pedron, 1953-1970) or for the UK by Tanner & Whitehouse (1976).
OBJECTIVE: To compile curves for growth in weight and height for Italian children and adolescents. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: All primary and secondary schools in the area of Verona, Italy, between October 1986 and January 1987. SUBJECTS: 20534 female and 20345 male children aged 2-18 years. METHODS: Weight and height were measured using Salus balances, and age in days was calculated between the date of measurement and that of birth: centiles of weight and height by age were calculated by the LMS method of Cole (1990). RESULTS: The height and weight curves were similar for both boys and girls to those obtained in Switzerland by Prader & Budliger (1977). However pre-pubertal Italian boys and girls are taller and heavier than the standards for France (Sempè & Pedron, 1953-1970) or for the UK by Tanner & Whitehouse (1976).
Authors: C Maffeis; M Tommasi; F Tomasselli; J Spinelli; E Fornari; N Scattolo; M Marigliano; A Morandi Journal: Eur J Clin Nutr Date: 2015-10-14 Impact factor: 4.016