Assessment of height growth in Indian children using growth centiles and growth curves
Background Growth centiles and growth curves are two ways to present child anthropometry; however, they differ in the type of data used, the method of analysis, the biological parameters fitted and the form of interpretation. Aim To fit and compare height growth centiles and curves in Indian childre...
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| author | Sandra Aravind Areekal Pranay Goel Anuradha Khadilkar Vaman Khadilkar Tim J. Cole |
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| description | Background Growth centiles and growth curves are two ways to present child anthropometry; however, they differ in the type of data used, the method of analysis, the biological parameters fitted and the form of interpretation. Aim To fit and compare height growth centiles and curves in Indian children. Subjects and methods 1468 children (796 boys) from Pune India aged 6–18 years with longitudinal data on age and height (n = 7781) were analysed using GAMLSS (Generalised Additive Models for Location Scale and Shape) for growth centiles, and SITAR (SuperImposition by Rotation and Translation) for growth curves. Results SITAR explained 98.7% and 98.8% of the height variance in boys and girls, with mean age at peak height velocity 13.1 and 11.0 years, and mean peak velocity 9.0 and 8.0 cm/year, respectively. GAMLSS (Box-Cox Cole Green model) also captured the pubertal growth spurt but the centiles were shallower than the SITAR mean curve. Boys showed a mid-growth spurt at age 8 years. Conclusion GAMLSS displays the distribution of height in the population by age and sex, while SITAR effectively and parsimoniously summarises the pattern of height growth in individual children. The two approaches provide distinct, useful information about child growth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-403ee9fa095c4ddf89cd4f943410ec902023-09-15T08:45:20ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnnals of Human Biology0301-44601464-50332022-08-01495-622823510.1080/03014460.2022.21072382107238Assessment of height growth in Indian children using growth centiles and growth curvesSandra Aravind Areekal0Pranay Goel1Anuradha Khadilkar2Vaman Khadilkar3Tim J. Cole4Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and ResearchDepartment of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and ResearchHirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research InstituteHirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research InstitutePopulation, Policy and Practice Department, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthBackground Growth centiles and growth curves are two ways to present child anthropometry; however, they differ in the type of data used, the method of analysis, the biological parameters fitted and the form of interpretation. Aim To fit and compare height growth centiles and curves in Indian children. Subjects and methods 1468 children (796 boys) from Pune India aged 6–18 years with longitudinal data on age and height (n = 7781) were analysed using GAMLSS (Generalised Additive Models for Location Scale and Shape) for growth centiles, and SITAR (SuperImposition by Rotation and Translation) for growth curves. Results SITAR explained 98.7% and 98.8% of the height variance in boys and girls, with mean age at peak height velocity 13.1 and 11.0 years, and mean peak velocity 9.0 and 8.0 cm/year, respectively. GAMLSS (Box-Cox Cole Green model) also captured the pubertal growth spurt but the centiles were shallower than the SITAR mean curve. Boys showed a mid-growth spurt at age 8 years. Conclusion GAMLSS displays the distribution of height in the population by age and sex, while SITAR effectively and parsimoniously summarises the pattern of height growth in individual children. The two approaches provide distinct, useful information about child growth.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2022.2107238height centilesgrowth curvesgamlsssitarindia |
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| title | Assessment of height growth in Indian children using growth centiles and growth curves |
| title_full | Assessment of height growth in Indian children using growth centiles and growth curves |
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