OBJECTIVES To perform a comparative analysis of anthropometric data from Suruí, Xavánte and Wari' indigenous children under 60 months of age using the NCHS/1977 and the WHO/2005 growth curves. METHODS Anthropometric measurements followed standard procedures and the data obtained were converted into z scores using the Epi-Info (Version 3.4) and WHO-Anthro (Version Beta) softwares. The indices ...

Methods: 1989–1991 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) linked birth-death files. These files include all women who experienced a live birth in the United States and whose infants were issued a birth certificate during the years 1989 to 1991 (NCHS 1995). Age and nativity specific distributions on infant mortality, low birth weight, anemia, pregnancy related hypertension, and smoking wer...

OBJECTIVE To compare the national growth monitoring data with the National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth standards, which is currently used in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS A cross sectional study following World Health Organization criteria in determining sample size was adopted, whereby 24,000 children from 5 regions were selected to be the desired sample. One hund...

A survey measuring heights and weights of 1969 schoolchildren residing on the Navajo Indian Reservation was conducted in 1989. The findings were compared with National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference data and with surveys of Navajo children from 1955, 1968, and 1981. Approximately twice as many children exceeded the 95th percentile of weight-for-age (1 1 .2% of girls, 1 2.5% of bo...

OBJECTIVE To compare the National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS) international growth reference with the new World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards for identification of the malnourished (wasted) children most at risk of death. DESIGN Retrospective data analysis. SETTING A Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) nutrition program in Maradi, Niger, in 2006 that trea...

BACKGROUND This study aim to determine the association between height and cancer in the children aged 14 years at the time of diagnosis in Rasht, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, height of patients with a malignancy (≤14) at the time of diagnosis measured in the standard charts of United States National Center for the Health Statistics (NCHS). Data were reported by d...

OBJECTIVES Strategies to effectively identify and refer children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to Nutritional Rehabilitation units (NRU) can reduce morbidity and mortality. METHODS From December 2011 to May 2012, we conducted a prospective study task-shifting inpatient malnutrition screening of Malawian children 6-60 months to lay-screeners and evaluated World Health Organization (WHO)...

background this study aim to determine the association between height and cancer in the children aged 14 years at the time of diagnosis in rasht, iran. materials and methods in this cross-sectional study, height of patients with a malignancy (≤14) at the time of diagnosis measured in the standard charts of united states national center for the health statistics (nchs). data were reported by des...

In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) produced a revised growth reference. This has already been used in different settings outside the USA. Using data obtained during a nutritional survey in Madagascar, we compare results produced by using both the 2000 CDC and the 1978 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/World Health Organization (WHO) growth references. We sh...

Preschool children are an important nutritionally vulnerable segment of the population; they are the future citizens of the country. Therefore, prevention, early detection, prompt and effective treatment of undernutrition in preschool children had received priority attention. Height and weight have been widely used as anthropometric indices for assessment of nutritional status of preschool chil...