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Eiholzer U, Fritz C, Katschnig C, Dinkelmann R, Stephan A. Contemporary height, weight and body mass index references for children aged 0 to adulthood in Switzerland compared to the Prader reference, WHO and neighbouring countries. Ann Hum Biol 2019; 46:437-447. [DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2019.1677774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Urs Eiholzer
- Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology Zurich (PEZZ), Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology Zurich (PEZZ), Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology Zurich (PEZZ), Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology Zurich (PEZZ), Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology Zurich (PEZZ), Zurich, Switzerland
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Riedlová J, Paulová M, Vignerová J, Brabec M, Sedlak P, Schneidrová D. The Low Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Czech Breastfed Infants and Young Children: An Anthropological Survey. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:E4198. [PMID: 31671517 PMCID: PMC6862631 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16214198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a sample of children who were exclusively or predominantly breastfed for at least 6 months compared to Czech references that were constructed based on a representative sample of children, regardless of their mode of feeding. Between 2008 and 2011, a longitudinal study on the growth of breastfed infants was carried out in the Czech Republic. Forty-three GP pediatricians addressed parents at 18-month preventive examinations and collected data on the families' socio-economic conditions and the infants' feeding conditions. The children were measured (length, weight, and head circumference), and anthropometric measurements from 10 previous preventive examinations were obtained from the health records. Out of the collected 1775 questionnaires, 960 children were selected according to the criteria of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study. For the purpose of this study, 799 children who were exclusively or predominantly breastfed for at least 6 months were selected. We found that the proportions of children who were classified as overweight (>90th percentile) or obese (>97th percentile) at 6, 12, and 18-month examinations were far below the proportions of the Czech references. An update of the Czech references and growth charts is highly recommended by GP pediatricians for the valid assessment of growth and nutritional status, including a screening of overweight and obesity in primary preventive health care.
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- Jitka Riedlová
- Department of Anatomy, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Ruská 87, 100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Hygiene of Children and Adolescents, National Institute of Public Health, Šrobárova 48, 100 42 Prague 10, Czech Republic.
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- National Lactation Centre, Thomayer Hospital, Vídeňská 800, 140 59 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences, Pod Vodárenskou věží 271/2, 182 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic.
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- Division of Child Health Promotion, Department of Hygiene, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Ruská 87, 100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic.
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- Division of Child Health Promotion, Department of Hygiene, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Ruská 87, 100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic.
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Riedlová J, Vignerová J, Paulová M, Musil V, Brabec M, Schneidrová D. Body parameters of Czech breastfed children compared to the Czech references and WHO growth standards. Ann Hum Biol 2017; 44:593-599. [PMID: 28715913 DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2017.1355981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The study concerns the comparison of percentile curves of Czech breastfed children with Czech national references from 1991 and 2001 and WHO growth standards. Growth charts of breastfed children demonstrate different curve shapes, especially in the first months of life. Incorrect interpretation of the growth curve could lead to premature introduction of complementary foods or infant formula. AIM The comparison of four body parameters of Czech breastfed children with currently used Czech national references and WHO standards in order to recommend that Czech paediatricians use either Czech references or WHO standards in their practice. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Nine hundred and sixty breastfed children were included in the study of length-for-age, head circumference-for-age, weight-for-age and weight-for-length parameters. All percentile curves were compared. Values of the 50th percentile expressed in z-scores based on both Czech references and WHO standards were tested. RESULTS The study confirmed results of previous surveys documenting that growth of breastfed children is specific. Nevertheless, percentile curves of growth parameters of Czech breastfed children are closer to Czech references than WHO standards. CONCLUSIONS The Czech national references fulfil the needs of Czech paediatricians (with pointing to specifics of breastfed child growth) and WHO standards are suitable, especially for international comparison.
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- Jitka Riedlová
- a Department of Anatomy, Third Faculty of Medicine , Charles University , Prague , Czech Republic
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- b National Center for Breastfeeding , Thomayer Hospital , Prague , Czech Republic
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- c Department of Children and Adolescents , National Institute of Public Health , Prague , Czech Republic
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- d Centre of Scientific Information, Third Faculty of Medicine , Charles University , Prague , Czech Republic
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- e Institute of Computer Science , Czech Academy of Sciences , Prague , Czech Republic
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- f Department of Hygiene, Third Faculty of Medicine , Charles University , Prague , Czech Republic
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Li YF, Lin SJ, Lin KC, Chiang TL. Growth References of Preschool Children Based on the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study and Compared to World Health Organization Growth Standards. Pediatr Neonatol 2016; 57:53-9. [PMID: 26143021 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2015.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To develop new growth references for height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) for children aged 0-5 years in the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study (TBCS) and to compare these references with both 1997 Taiwan references and World Health Organization (WHO) standards. METHODS Data were obtained from the TBCS of a nationally representative sample of 24,200 children. A total of 18,466 children completed the baseline survey at 6 months of age and three follow-up surveys at 18 months, 3 years, and 5.5 years of age. The modified LMS method was used to construct percentile curves by sex, including length/height for age, weight for age, and BMI for age. RESULTS TBCS children of both sexes were shorter and lighter at birth compared with 1997 Taiwan references and WHO standards. The growth patterns of TBCS children were close to those of the 1997 Taiwan references after 6 months of age. Compared with WHO standards, however, TBCS children were heavier after 6 months of age. CONCLUSION This study has developed TBCS references to monitor the growth of children in Taiwan, whose weight growth patterns differed from those "prescribed" by WHO standards.
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- Yi-Fan Li
- Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Chi-Mei Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Health Care Management, College of Healthcare and Management, National Taipei University of Nursing Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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OBJECTIVES We evaluate and compare manually collected paper records against electronic records for monitoring the weights of children under the age of 5. SETTING Data were collected by 24 community health workers (CHWs) in 2 Rwandan communities, 1 urban and 1 rural. PARTICIPANTS The same CHWs collected paper and electronic records. Paper data contain weight and age for 320 boys and 380 girls. Electronic data contain weight and age for 922 girls and 886 boys. Electronic data were collected over 9 months; most of the data is cross-sectional, with about 330 children with time-series data. Both data sets are compared with the international standard provided by the WHO growth chart. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES The plan was to collect 2000 individual records for the electronic data set--we finally collected 1878 records. Paper data were collected by the same CHWs, but most data were fragmented and hard to read. We transcribed data only from children for whom we were able to obtain the date of birth, to determine the exact age at the time of measurement. RESULTS Mean absolute error (MAE) and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) provide a way to quantify the magnitude of the error in using a given model. Comparing a model, log(weight)=a+b log(age), shows that electronic records provide considerable improvements over paper records, with 40% reduction in both performance metrics. Electronic data improve performance over the WHO model by 10% in MAPE and 7% in MAE. Results are statistically significant using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test at p<0.01. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that using modern electronic tools for health data collection is allowing better tracking of health indicators. We have demonstrated that electronic records facilitate development of a country-specific model that is more accurate than the international standard provided by the WHO growth chart.
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- Suzana Brown
- Interdisciplinary Telecommunication Program, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Department of Technology and Society, SUNY Korea, State University of New York, Incheon, Korea
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
- School of Geography and the Environment & Oxford-Man Institute, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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Hladilkova E, Barøy T, Fannemel M, Vallova V, Misceo D, Bryn V, Slamova I, Prasilova S, Kuglik P, Frengen E. A recurrent deletion on chromosome 2q13 is associated with developmental delay and mild facial dysmorphisms. Mol Cytogenet 2015; 8:57. [PMID: 26236398 PMCID: PMC4521466 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-015-0157-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We report two unrelated patients with overlapping chromosome 2q13 deletions (patient 1 in chr2:111415137-113194067 bp and patient 2 in chr2:110980342-113007823 bp, hg 19). Patient 1 presents with developmental delay, microcephaly and mild dysmorphic facial features, and patient 2 with autism spectrum disorder, borderline cognitive abilities, deficits in attention and executive functions and mild dysmorphic facial features. The mother and maternal grandmother of patient 1 were healthy carriers of the deletion. Previously, 2q13 deletions were reported in 27 patients, and the interpretation of its clinical significance varied. Our findings support that the 2q13 deletion is associated with a developmental delay syndrome manifesting with variable expressivity and reduced penetrance which poses a challenge for genetic counselling as well as the clinical recognition of 2q13 deletion patients.
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- Eva Hladilkova
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, P.O.Box 1036, Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway.,Department of Medical Genetics, University Hospital, Children Medical Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, P.O.Box 1036, Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, P.O.Box 1036, Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Hospital, Children Medical Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno - Bohunice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, P.O.Box 1036, Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Habilitation, Sykehuset Innlandet HF, Lillehammer, Norway
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno - Bohunice, Czech Republic.,Sanatorium Helios ltd., Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Hospital, Children Medical Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Hospital, Children Medical Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno - Bohunice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, P.O.Box 1036, Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway
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Vignerová J, Shriver L, Paulová M, Brabec M, Schneidrová D, Růžková R, Procházka B, Riedlová J. Growth of Czech Breastfed Infants in Comparison with the World Health Organization Standards. Cent Eur J Public Health 2015; 23:32-8. [DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Moon JS. Reappraisal of Regional Growth Charts in the Era of WHO Growth Standards. Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr 2013; 16:137-42. [PMID: 24224146 PMCID: PMC3819698 DOI: 10.5223/pghn.2013.16.3.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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After the WHO Growth Standards (WHOGS) was published in 2006, many countries in the world endorsed and adopted the new growth references as a standard measure for the growth of infants and young children. Certainly, the WHOGS has an impact on the global policy about obesity and underweight in children. Such WHOGS innovation has influenced many regional health authorities and academies, which have managed their own growth charts for a long time, in changing their strategies to develop and use regional growth charts. In Korea, along with the tradition to create a national growth chart every decade, we now face a new era of advancing with the WHOGS.
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- Jin Soo Moon
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Rao S, Simmer K. World Health Organization growth charts for monitoring the growth of Australian children: time to begin the debate. J Paediatr Child Health 2012; 48:E84-90. [PMID: 22050470 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02214.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The recently released World Health Organization growth charts are methodologically robust, as well as clinically useful tools for monitoring the growth of children. They have been endorsed by premier organisations such as the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK), Canadian Pediatric Society, Australian Breastfeeding Association, United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition, International Union of Nutrition Sciences, International Pediatric Association and the European Childhood Obesity Group. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics have also recently endorsed these charts for the 0- to 24-month age group in USA. These growth charts have been adopted by many countries including Canada, UK and New Zealand. Nearly 140 countries are at various stages of implementing them. They offer significant advantages over the currently used CDC 2000 growth charts. They have the potential to contribute in reducing the worldwide incidence of obesity as well as under nutrition in children. Except Northern Territory, Australia continues to use the CDC 2000 growth charts. Paediatricians need to initiate and lead robust debate involving key stakeholders about the implementation of World Health Organization growth charts for monitoring the growth of Australian infants and children.
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- Shripada Rao
- Department of Neonatology, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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