Although the percentile-based control charts are very effective with guaranteed in-control and out-of-control run lengths in statistical process control, they still lack algorithmic (especially) software support. The proposed (pbcc) tool fills this gap. This is freely available implements recent work on individual as well joint charts.

OBJECTIVE To examine the association of BMI percentile and change in BMI percentile to change in blood pressure (BP) percentile and development of hypertension (HTN). METHODS This retrospective cohort included 101 606 subjects age 3 to 17 years from 3 health systems across the United States. Height, weight, and BPs were extracted from electronic health records, and BMI and BP percentiles were...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk with cognitive decline and incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment but not dementia (CIND) and the role of education as a modifier of these effects. METHODS AND RESULTS One thousand one hundred sixteen Mexican American elderly were followed annually in the Sacramento Area Latino St...

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...