Construction of a new complete growth reference for urban Chinese children

• Main Authors: Wei Wu (Author), JingNan Chen (Author), MinJia Mo (Author), Shuting Si (Author), Ke Huang (Author), RuiMin Chen (Author), Mireguli Maimaiti (Author), ShaoKe Chen (Author), Chunxiu Gong (Author), Min Zhu (Author), ChunLin Wang (Author), Zhe Su (Author), Yan Liang (Author), Hui Yao (Author), HaiYan Wei (Author), RongXiu Zheng (Author), HongWei Du (Author), Yu Yang (Author), FeiHong Luo (Author), Pin Li (Author), LanWei Cui (Author), GuanPing Dong (Author), YunXian Yu (Author), Junfen Fu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Growth chart is a valuable clinical tool to monitor the growth and nutritional status of children. A growth chart widely used in China is based on the merged data sets of national surveys in 2005. We aimed to establish an up-to-date, complete growth curve for urban Chinese childr...