The table shows on average, height-for-age, weight-for-age and weight-for-age z-scores of approximately 1.24, 1.00 and 0.41, respectively.
Higher socioeconomic level, both at preschool age and at adolescence, and higher parental schooling was associated with higher average height-for-age, both during childhood and adolescence.
Restricted cubic splines were used to construct average height-for-age Z score (HAZ) growth curves, yielding estimated HAZ differences among exposure categories at ages 0.5 y, 1 y, 2 y, 5 y, 7 y, and 10 y.
The average height-for-age for Iranian adolescents was lower than the standard WHO and USCDC2000 mean references (Table 3).Stunting was found in 7% of Iranian adolescents, with higher prevalence among underweight males (52%) than their female counterparts (48%).
The mean BMI-for-age, and the average height-for-age of Iranian children aged 10 19 years were lower than the WHO 2007 and United states Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 (USCDC2000) references.
Undernutrition is measured using criteria such as stunting (smaller-than-average height-for-age) and underweight (smaller-than-average weight-for-age).
Mean height-for-age, weight-for-age and weight-for-height z scores were compared between treatment arms.
No one can explain why 4-year-old Anamarie Regino is twice the average height for her age, but her doctors focused solely on her weight, blamed her parents for "overfeeding" her and ultimately removed her, screaming, from her family (Lisa Belkin, July 8).
The height of the patient was less than the average height for the age, approximately 170 cm.
If that was so, how can you behave like this?" Doctors who examined the boy said he was underweight and below average height for his age, and treated him for anaemia.
A group of 8-year old children and one 9-year old girl (center) stand beneath a chalk mark indicating the global average height for their age at a primary school in Ooti, Karnataka State, India.
