A Longitudinal Comparison of Alternatives to CDC BMI Z-Scores for Children With Very High BMIs

The current CDC BMI z-scores are inaccurate for BMIs ≥ 97th percentile. We, therefore, considered 5 alternatives that can be used across the entire BMI distribution: modified BMIz, %CDC95th percentile, extended BMIz, %median, and %median adjusted for the dispersion of BMIs.

Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - March 4, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: David S. Freedman, Amy J. Goodwin Davies, Lyudmyla Kompaniyets, Samantha J. Lange, Alyson B. Goodman, Thao-Ly Tam Phan, F. Sessions Cole, Amanda Dempsey, Nathan Pajor, Ihuoma Eneli, Dimitri A. Christakis, Christopher B. Forrest Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research