Growth of children in Greenland exceeds the World Health Organization growth charts.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Previous studies have found high rates of stunted linear growth in Greenlandic children. We measured growth patterns in Greenland and compared them with international growth charts.

Methods

The study cohort comprised 279 healthy children aged 6-10 years in 2012. They participated in two pregnancy and birth cohorts in Greenland and longitudinal growth data as birth was extracted from their medical records. Growth reference ranges were estimated with the lambda-mu-sigma (LMS) method and compared with growth charts from Denmark and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Results

The children's mean length, weight and head circumference were significantly larger than the WHO growth charts (p < 0.001). We found that 21-28% of the children aged zero to one years exceeded t

SUBMITTER: Klovgaard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221127 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature