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Nutritional status and growth centiles using anthropometric measures of school-aged children and adolescents from Multan district

Shehzad, Muhammad Ahmed, Khurram, Haris, Iqbal, Zafer, Parveen, Maqsooda, Shabbir, Muhammad Nouman·2022·Archives de Pédiatrie
DOI 10.1016/j.arcped.2021.11.010
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Background Nutritional status among children and adolescents is assessed using growth rates. The aim of this study was to assess age- and gender-specific height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) centiles among children and adolescents relative to World Health Organization (WHO) references. Methods A sample of 1040 school-aged children and adolescents aged 3-18 years from Multan District in Pakistan were selected for the study between January and March 2020. Multistage stratified random sampling was used for sample selection. Centile curves of height, weight, and BMI for age and gender were obtained using the lambda-mu-sigma (LMS) method, and results were compared with WHO 2007 references. Results For boys and girls, the average height was 137.37 ± 8.24 and 135.62 ± 9.64 cm, average weight was 36.32 ± 6.84 and 35.21 ± 7.27 kg, and average BMI was 18.44 ± 2.67 and 18.36 ± 2.91, respectively. The height centiles of boys were higher than the WHO reference, and during the prepubertal period (age 8 years or older) the centiles were lower than the WHO reference. The height centiles of girls were higher than the WHO reference, and during the pubertal period (age 10 years or older) the centiles were lower than the WHO reference. The gender-wise BMI centiles were higher compared to the WHO reference. Conclusion The prevalence of thinness, overweight, and obesity in boys and girls was significantly higher than the WHO reference. The results of this study on centiles are up-to-date and will be used as a standard for comparison.

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Authors
Shehzad, M. A., Khurram, H., Iqbal, Z., Parveen, M., & Shabbir, M. N.
Affiliations
Bahauddin Zakariya University (PK)
Corresponding author
Khurram, Haris
ORCID
Venue
Archives de Pédiatrie
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-02
Volume
29
Issue
2
Pages
133-139
ISSN
0929-693X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.arcped.2021.11.010
OpenAlex
W4200454939
Cited by
17
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 1
FWCI
1.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Archives de Pédiatrie (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Human Health and Disease
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
Keywords
child nutritional status, height-for-age, weight-for-age, body mass index, WHO growth reference, puberty, thinness, overweight, obesity, school-aged children, adolescents, Multan district
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Body Height, Body Weight, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Growth, Humans, Male, Nutritional Status, Pakistan, Reference Values, Schools, Body Mass Index, Overweight

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Shehzad, M. A., Khurram, H., Iqbal, Z., Parveen, M., & Shabbir, M. N. (2022). Nutritional status and growth centiles using anthropometric measures of school-aged children and adolescents from Multan district. Archives de Pédiatrie. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcped.2021.11.010

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