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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2000 46(4):212-217; doi:10.1093/tropej/46.4.212
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Standardized national growth chart of 0-5 year-old Saudi children

Y Al-MazrouZ, MM Al-Amood, T Khoja, K Al-Turki, SE El-Gizouli, NE Tantawi, MH Khalil and KMS Aziz

Ministry of Health, Riyadh 11176, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Z Corresponding author Fax: 0966 1 4028941 E-mail: ymazrou@kfshhub.kfshrc.edu.sa

A national survey was carried out to achieve the following objectives: (1) construction of national standards for Saudi children, 0-5 years old, with regard to weight, height and head circumference for males and females; (2) construction of a growth chart for weight, height and head circumference for 0-5 year-old Saudi children that can be used at hospitals and health centres in the Kingdom for routine follow-up of the growth of these children. To achieve these objectives, the WHO recommendations were applied. A total of 24 000 Saudi children, 12 000 males and 12 000 females, were selected randomly representing the five regions of the Kingdom with 200 children in each monthly age group. Demographic data as well as the anthropometric measurements were recorded by well-trained personnel using a pretested questionnaire and new, well calibrated equipment. The current study showed that Saudi boys (0-5 years old) were heavier and taller than Saudi girls in the same age group, and that the median weights and heights of Saudi boys and girls (0-5 years old) were more than those of the Harvard standards. A growth chart was constructed which was suitable for growth monitoring programmes all over the Kingdom.


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