Applicability of NCHS height-for-age weight-for-age reference values to Sri Lankan school children
| dc.contributor.author | Kandiah, R. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Wickramanayake, T.W. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-10T07:46:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-01-10T07:46:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Height-for-age sndweight-for-age of children drawn from the upper socio-economic-educational households in Sri LAnka have been compared with the corresponding NCHS reference values. Results indicate that the NCHS height-for-age reference values for children between 5 and 9 years of age are "attainable" by Sri Lankan children, except at centiles above the 75th. The NCHS weight-for-age reference value are well above the corresponding values for Sri Lankan children between 10 and 18 years of age. Between 5 and 9 years of age, Sri Lankan girls are significantly lighter than the NCHS population. There is no significant difference between weights of boys, 5 to 9 years, in the two populations. The advisability of using NCHS reference values for weight-for-height for assessing the degree of "wasting" in Sri Lankan children is questioned | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science31(2)pp.39-51 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dl.nsf.gov.lk/handle/1/7190 | |
| dc.publisher | Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Anthropometric study | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nutritional surveys | en_US |
| dc.subject | Child growth | en_US |
| dc.subject | Statistical analysis | en_US |
| dc.title | Applicability of NCHS height-for-age weight-for-age reference values to Sri Lankan school children | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |