Abstract Reference centile curves show the distribution of a measurement as it changes according to some covariate, often age. The LMS method summarizes the changing distributio...
To update the British growth reference, anthropometric data for weight, height, body mass index (weight/height2) and head circumference from 17 distinct surveys representative o...
Summary Since 1980 the prevalence of obesity in Great Britain in adults has almost trebled. Latest figures show that 23% of men and 25% of women were obese in 2002. In children,...
This approach provides a viable method of bias adjustment for meta-analyses of observational studies, allowing the quantitative synthesis of evidence from otherwise incompatible...
To update the British growth reference, anthropometric data for weight, height, body mass index (weight/height) and head circumference from 17 distinct surveys representative of...