PEDIATRICS Vol. 75 No. 2 February 1985, pp. 304-313
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Parent-Specific Adjustments for Evaluation of Recumbent Length and Stature of Children

John H. Himes PhD, MPH1, Alex F. Roche MD, PhD1, David Thissen PhD1, and William M. Moore MD, MPH1

1 From the Department of Health Science, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn; Fels Research Institute, Wright State University School of Medicine, Yellow Springs, Ohio; University of Kansas, Lawrence; and Ross Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio

A clinical "parent-specific" method for evaluating recumbent length and stature of children, allowing for the stature of parents, is presented. This method uses midparent stature and allows adjustment of recumbent length (birth to 3 years) and stature (3 to 18 years) of US children relative to National Center for Health Statistics growth charts. The method is based on parent-child relationships for 586 midparent-child pairs participating in the Fels Longitudinal Study, and on more than 16,000 serial measurements of recumbent length and stature. The method provides a clinical tool to separate the normal genetic contribution of parental stature to stature of children from other factors that affect stature such as malnutrition or disease.

Key Words: stature • growth status

Submitted on January 9, 1984
Accepted on March 30, 1984




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