A new method for calculation of height centiles for preadolescent children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13922390 |
|---|---|
| Authors | S Chinn (Guy's Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 221-232 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of Human Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0301-4460 • E-ISSN: 1464-5033 |
| Publisher | Informa (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03014469200002102 |
| PMID | 1616281 |
| OpenAlex | W2117089183 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
A new method of calculation of cross-sectional attained height centiles is proposed. This exploits the variance-stabilizing transformation, which has the form log(a+b height) up to age 11 years. Residuals of transformed height about the expected value for age are antilogged to give a single Gaussian distribution from which centiles can be calculated. In contrast to previous methods the standard errors of the centiles can be estimated without imprecise adjustment for smoothing. The parameters a and b of the transformation do not need precise estimation and the method can be used for population subgroups from which large samples cannot be obtained
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National Study of Health and Growth
The secular trend in height of primary school children in England and Scotland 1972–79 and 1979–86
Notes on the statistics of growth standards
National Study of Health and Growth
The effect of age‐grouping on the distribution of a measurement affected by growth
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 1999 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |