|
KMID : 0358119950210010091
|
|
Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
1995 Volume.21 No. 1 p.91 ~ p.104
|
|
|
A Study on the Comparisons of Infant and Child Nutritional Status Assessed by the Korean and the NCHS Growth Standards
|
|
문현경/Moon, Hyun-Kyoung
이행신/이은경/김찬호/Lee, Haeung-Shin/Lee, Eun-Kyung/Kim, Chan-Ho
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Antluopometric measurements are widely used in the assessment of nutritional status, particularly for the children. The selection of the standard is one of the most important factors for the assessment.
This study was performed to compare the result of nutritional status of 895 infants and children assessed by the Korean growth standard(KOR) with that by the National Center for Health Statistics growth standard(NCHS).
The number of children over 90th percentile assessed by KOR is less than that assessed by NCHS in three indicators(weight for height, weight for age, height for age). The difference of three indicators between two growth standards in over 90th percentile is larger than that in other percentiles.
According to age groups, it is remarkable that most of the differences of three indicators have shown in below the 6 months age. The number of infants assessed by combination of three indicators is significantly different in over 90th percentile between two growth standards.
Therefore, we need to continue studies for infants included in over 90th percentile and more aggressive researches on the large number of healthy populations in wide range of age groups to establish the growth standard.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|
|