Northern Iranian growth charts for children aged 7-11 years: comparison with international reference curves.
Conclusions: BMI centiles for 7-11 years schoolchildren in Babol differed significantly from the international growth reference curves. Therefore, local and population-specific BMI curves should be developed to assess physical growth of children.
PMID: 30799554 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - Category: Middle East Health Tags: East Mediterr Health J Source Type: research
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