Open AccessStandard of growth and obesity for Saudi children (Aged 3-18 years) living at high altitudes
Author(s) -
Mohammed Alshehri,
Ossama A. Mostafa,
Khalid S. Al-Gelban,
Abdelouahed Hamdi,
Mansour Almbarki,
Hassan A. Al-Trabolsi,
Nwoye Luke
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v25i1.28244
Subject(s) - medicine , underweight , percentile , demography , body mass index , obesity , pediatrics , health statistics , anthropometry , standard score , overweight , population , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
To standardize the growth parameters for Saudi children aged 3-18 years living at high altitude and to investigate the appropriateness of using the National Center for Ilealth Statistics (NC(IIS) growth standards for the assessment of children's growth at this high attitude area.