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Clinical longitudinal standards for height, weight, height velocity, weight velocity, and stages of puberty

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Tanner, J M, Whitehouse, R H·1976·Archives of Disease in Childhood
DOI 10.1136/adc.51.3.170PMC PMC1545912
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New charts for height, weight, height velocity, and weight velocity are presented for clinical (as opposed to population survey) use. They are based on longitudinal-type growth curves, using the same data as in the British 1965 growth standards. In the velocity standards centiles are given for children who are early- and late-maturing as well as for those who mature at the average age (thus extending the use of the previous charts). Limits of normality for the age of occurrence of the adolescent growth spurt are given and also for the successive stages of penis, testes, and pubic hair development in boys, and for stages of breast and pubic hair development in girls.

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  • The analyses are based on cross-sectional brain and body-weight data, which pool fast- and slow-maturing individuals; this pooling can attenuate the apparent magnitude of the pubertal growth spurt and obscure variable timings of its onset.

    “An additional limitation is that our analyses are based on cross-sectional brain and body-weight data, which pool fast-and slow-maturing individuals; this pooling can attenuate the apparent magnitude of the pubertal growth spurt while also obscuring the variable timings of its onset (65).”

    From Metabolic costs and evolutionary implications of human brain development (2014) · cites this paper as [65]

    The paper’s Abstract (page not supplied) says cross-sectional standards can mislead because some children have adolescent growth spurts early and others late, supporting the concern that pooling obscures individual timing. It also says the difference from longitudinal standards is especially marked for growth velocity, but does not state that pooling attenuates the apparent magnitude of the spurt. The citing authors’ description of their own brain and body-weight data is not a finding attributed to this source. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  3. [10]10. Correspondence to Professor J. M. Tanner, Depart- ment of Growth and Development, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH. on July 20, 2023 by guest. Protected by copyright. http://adc.bmj.com/ Arch Dis Child: first published as 10.1136/adc.51.3.170 on 1 March 1976. Downloaded from

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Authors
Tanner, J. M., & Whitehouse, R. H.
Affiliations
University of London (GB)
Venue
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Publisher
BMJ
Published
1976-03-01
Volume
51
Issue
3
Pages
170-179
ISSN
  • 0003-9888 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-2044
DOI
10.1136/adc.51.3.170
PMC
PMC1545912
OpenAlex
W2161209070
Cited by
3,137
References
9
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Nuffield Foundation
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Human Health and Disease
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
Keywords
growth standards, height-for-age, weight-for-age, height velocity, weight velocity, longitudinal growth curves, pubertal stage, pubertal growth spurt, sexual maturation, pubic hair development, breast development
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Body Height, Body Weight, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Growth, Hair, Humans, Infant, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Penis, Puberty, Testis, Time Factors

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