• Annals of Saudi medicine · Sep 2008

    Comparative Study

    Comparison of the 2005 growth charts for Saudi children and adolescents to the 2000 CDC growth charts.

    • Mohammad I El Mouzan, Abdullah S Al Herbish, Abdullah A Al Salloum, Peter J Foster, Ahmad A Al Omar, Mansour M Qurachi, and Tatjana Kecojevic.
    • Department of Pediatrics, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. drmouzan@gmail.com
    • Ann Saudi Med. 2008 Sep 1; 28 (5): 334-40.

    Background And ObjectivesThe 2000 CDC growth charts for the United States, a revision of the National Center for Health Statistics/World Health Organization (NCHS/WHO) growth charts, were released in 2002 to replace the NCHS/WHO charts. We evaluated the differences between the CDC growth charts and the Saudi 2005 reference to determine the implications of using the 2000 CDC growth charts in Saudi children and adolescents.Subjects And MethodsThe Saudi reference was based on a cross-sectional representative sample of the Saudi population of healthy children and adolescents from birth to 19 years of age. Measurements of the length/stature, weight and head circumference were performed according to expert recommendations. The CDC charts from birth to 20 years were based on a cross-sectional representative national sample from five sources collected between 1963 and 1994. The data from the CDC study including the 3rd, 5th, 50th, 95th, and 97th percentiles were plotted against the corresponding percentiles on the Saudi charts for the weight for age, height for age, weight for height for children from 0 to 36 months and weight for age, stature for age and body mass index for children 2 to 19 years of age.ResultsThere were major differences between the two growth charts. The main findings were the upward shift of the lower percentiles of the CDC curves and the overlap or downward shift of the upper percentiles, especially for weight, weight for height, and BMI.ConclusionThe use of the 2000 CDC growth charts for Saudi children and adolescents increases the prevalence of undernutrition, stunting, and wasting, potentially leading to unnecessary referrals, investigations and parental anxiety. The increased prevalence of overweight and obesity is alarming and needs further investigation.

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