Journal article
Differences in growth of Canadian children compared to the WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To evaluate if there are departures from the WHO Child Growth Standards (WHO-CGS) in postnatal growth of healthy 'Canadian' children in Ontario up to age 2 years, including by infant feeding and ethnicity.
METHODS: We included data on 9964 healthy, singleton children born in Ontario, Canada. Smoothed weight, length and body mass index (BMI) percentile curves were generated using quantile regression for the Canadian cohort from birth …
Authors
Park AL; Tu K; Ray JG; Consortium TCC
Journal
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 452–462
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 2017
DOI
10.1111/ppe.12377
ISSN
0269-5022