The outcome variable was BMI, calculated as child's weight (kg) divided by the square of height (m).
For the patients with liver cirrhosis, the Child-Pugh score was calculated, as previously described [ 15].
†Using estimates from respective surveys, the mid-period proportion of children <5 years was calculated as follows: (children alive at end of period + [0.5 × deaths for children <5 y during period])/(all persons alive at end of period + [0.5 × all deaths during period]).
The number of children with asthma in each age and sex group was calculated as: (% children with asthma in the local ODCs) × (number of children in the municipality) + number of children with asthma in the local AADCs.
In another population-based study conducted 1996-2001 in two paediatric hospitals, incidence was calculated as 123/100,000 children < 6 years of age, and 53/100,000 in children < 17 years of age [ 10].
Even with the last months of her welfare clock running down, she did not see how she could break away, so she just accepted the penalties that cut her from the cash grant, leaving about $400 a month that was calculated as the children's share.
BMI was calculated as kg/m; children body weight status was inferred according to the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) cut-offs for underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity [ 17].
The prevalence rates for ADHD medication use were calculated as follows: children and adolescents with at least one application of a preparation according to our definition of ADHD medication (ATC code N06BA) were defined as users.
VC is calculated as number of children having received a specified vaccine dose among all examined children of the same age of KEE.
Z scores for height, weight, and MUAC were calculated as for admitted children.
Prevalence data by age and sex were calculated as number of children to whom anti-asthmatic drugs were dispensed per 100 inhabitants.
