New growth charts for Libyan preschool children
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2008; 14 (6): 1400-1412
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ABSTRACT
To draw up new growth charts for Libyan children under 5 years of age, a cross-sectional survey was carried out in urban and rural areas in 2 regions of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from June 1999 to February 2000. Using WHO cluster sampling methodology, 1473 infants and children of both sexes aged between 0 and 59 months were selected from residential areas, maternal and child health centres, kindergartens and the delivery section of hospitals. Growth charts for weight-for-age, height for-age and weight-for-height were plotted and smoothed, to provide reference curves for clinical, epidemiological and research purposes. In addition, mean Z-scores were analysed by sociodemographic variables collected from interviews with parents. Factors with a strong influence on childhood growth patterns were child's age, mother's education level and sex
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IMEMR (Mediterraneo Oriental)
Asunto principal:
Padres
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Estándares de Referencia
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Estatura
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Peso Corporal
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Factores Sexuales
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Estudios Transversales
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Factores de Edad
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Escolaridad
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Madres
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de prevalencia
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
East Mediterr Health J.
Año:
2008
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