Reliability of percentage ideal weight for height.
نویسندگان
چکیده
AIMS To assess the reliability of percentage ideal weight for height (%WFH) as a measure in children. METHODS Forty two dietitians calculated %WFH of six children. Eleven of the 42 repeated the calculations. RESULTS Interexaminer estimates varied by 16.5 to 40 percentage points (mean 27.8). Intraexaminer variability was also large. CONCLUSIONS %WFH is an unreliable measure of nutritional status.
منابع مشابه
Effect of obesity on endogenous secretion of growth hormone in Turner's syndrome.
Nocturnal growth hormone secretion over a 12 hour period was assessed at 20 minute intervals in 25 prepubertal subjects with Turner's syndrome and 11 normal prepubertal girls of short stature to try and elucidate the relationship between body weight and endogenous secretion of growth hormone in Turner's syndrome. There were no differences in mean growth hormone concentration, age, height, or gr...
متن کاملNutritional follow-up of cystic fibrosis patients: the role of nutrition education.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the nutritional status of a group of cystic fibrosis patients and establish the role of nutrition education addressed to them in a comparative study before and after intervention. METHODS All cystic fibrosis patients in regular follow-up in the pulmonology clinic of Instituto da Crianca during 1996-99 were prospectively monitored for 3.5 years. Measurements of weight, he...
متن کاملComparison of the use of body mass index percentiles and percentage of ideal body weight to screen for malnutrition in children with cystic fibrosis.
BACKGROUND The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) recommends using the percentage of ideal body weight (%IBW(CFF)) and body mass index percentiles (BMIp) to assess weight-for-height status and to screen for malnutrition. OBJECTIVE The objective was to examine the agreement and discrepancy between the use of %IBW(CFF) and BMIp for screening malnutrition. DESIGN Data from 13 021 children report...
متن کاملHigh Variability of Observed Weight Bearing During Standing Foot and Ankle Radiographs.
BACKGROUND Weight-bearing radiographs are a critical component of evaluating foot and ankle pathology. An underlying assumption is that patients are placing 50% of their body weight on the affected foot during image acquisition. The accuracy of weight bearing during radiographs is unknown and, presumably, variable, which may result in uncertain ability of the resultant radiographs to appropriat...
متن کاملThe Role of Growth Hormone on Growth of Children with Cystic Fibrosis
Dear Editor,In spite of recent advances in treatment of infection and emphasis on adequate nutritional intake, patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) frequently have less than ideal body weight and adults are often shorter than their target height.1Owing to a state of relative growth hormone (GH) insensitivity, the anabolic and growth promoting effects of recombinant human GH (rhGH) treatment have ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 83 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000