The BMI Percentile is calculated for children and young adults aged 2 to 19. Health professionals can use the percentile score to categorize a child's BMI to identify where the child falls in relation to other children of the same age and sex. Z-Score. BMI Z-Scores are also calculated for children and young adults aged 2 to 19.
This web site presents growth reference data for children and adolescents, 5-19 years (or 61-228 months). The WHO Reference 2007 is a reconstruction of the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO reference. It uses the original NCHS data set supplemented with data from the WHO child growth standards sample for under-fives.
WHO Child Growth Standards Weight-for-age BOYS Birth to 2 years (z-scores) Age (completed months and years) Weight (kg) Birth 1 year 2 years 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
WHO Child Growth Standards Weight-for-Height GIRLS 2 to 5 years (z-scores) Height (cm) Weight (kg) 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 6 8 10 12 14
It offers analysis for four indicators: length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age. Outputs include a set of z-scores, a file with prevalence estimates by the various stratification variables following the format in the expanded database, a report template on data quality
Moreover, length for age z-score (LAZ) and weight for length z-score (WLZ) are least reliable measures, with high chances of variation, and less chances of detecting undernutrition in under 6 months infants. The objective of the current analysis was to compare WLZ with WAZ and LAZ in a cohort of Indian infants in predicting the deaths between 6
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weight for age z score
