Open AccessCharacterizing extreme values of body mass index–for-age by using the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts
Author(s) -
Katherine M. Flegal,
Rong Wei,
Cynthia L. Ogden,
David S. Freedman,
Clifford L. Johnson,
Lester R. Curtin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28335
Subject(s) - percentile , mathematics , statistics , body mass index , disease control , algorithm , medicine , virology
The 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts included lambda-mu-sigma (LMS) parameters intended to calculate smoothed percentiles from only the 3rd to the 97th percentile.
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