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Objective: To analyse the physical growth of a representative school population sample from the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in comparison with the reference proposed by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-2000).
Methods: The sample was composed of 5100 individuals (2730 girls and 2370 boys), aged 6-18 years. Body weight-for-age and height-for-age percentiles were obtained using the LMS method. Statistical and graphical comparisons were made with the corresponding percentiles of the CDC-2000 reference, estimated using the same method.
Results: Overall, the calculated values of the L (asymmetry) and the S (variability) parameters were quite similar to the CDC-2000 reference values. However, M(median) was substantially different from the reference used in the study, mainly in schoolchildren over 12-13 years of age of both genders. The magnitude of the deficits of height-for-age and body weight-for-age observed in the schoolchildren from the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, varied from 4 to 6 cm and from 3 to 6 kg, respectively.
Conclusion: The body weight-for-age and height-for-age percentiles of schoolchildren population in the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil differed substantially from those referenced.
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Anthropometry Body mass Stature Child Adolescent
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Guedes, Dartagnan Pinto; Matos, José Arlen Beltrão; Lopes, Vítor P.; Guedes, D. P; Matos, J. B.; Ferreirinha, J. E.; Silva, A. J. (2010). Physical growth of the schoolchildren from the Valley of Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil: comparison with the CDC-2000 reference using the LMS method. Annals of Human Biology. ISSN 0301-4460. 37:4, p. 574-584
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Taylor & Francis