Cross-sectional study of child and adolescent growth in Ecuador

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ID4714739
AutoresWilmer Alexander Tarupi (0000-0002-3611-7759, Universidad UTE), Yvan Lepage, Yvan G Lepage (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Roland Hauspie (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), María Luisa Félix, Claude Monnier (Université Libre de Bruxelles), J Campbell (0000-0002-8089-5304, Universidad UTE), Mathieu Roelants (0000-0002-3749-0475, KU Leuven), Ricardo Hidalgo (0000-0002-0708-8178, Universidad UTE), Martine Vercauteren (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Año2019
Volumen21
Número2
Páginas006
Fecha de publicación2019-06-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRevista Argentina de Antropología Biológica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1853-6387 • E-ISSN: 1853-6387
EditorialUniversidad Nacional de La Plata (PUBLISHER • AR)
DOI10.24215/18536387e006
OpenAlexW2954764874
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas21

Child growth is internationally recognized as an important indicator for monitoring health in populations. There exists a wide controversy regarding the use of international growth standards versus local references. This study seeks to construct reference growth curves for school-age Ecuadorian children and adolescents, and to compare them with World Health Organization (WHO) standards, in order to identify the differences and their public health implications. The study authors enrolled 2891 children (1644 girls and 1247 boys) aged 5 to 18 years, from a variety of climatic zones and ethnic groups. LMS method was used to construct Ecuadorian curves for height, weight and Body Mass Index. Comparisons of Ecuadorian and WHO curves were graphically illustrated. U.S children were taller than Ecuadorian children across all age ranges, with larger differences between the two populations in children over 13 years. Consequently, estimates of low height and extremely low height, as well as overweight, obese and undernourished, were significantly different between WHO standards and the Ecuadorian references. Population-specific growth curves may be more adequate for growth monitoring of Ecuadorian children than WHO growth curves. We advocate for the construction of an Ecuadorian growth reference for clinical use based on national population, from conception to maturity, as an accurate instrument for monitoring growth

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