Birth to 2 years (z-scores) Z-scores (BMI in kg/m 2) Year: Month Month L M S -3 SD -2 SD -1 SD Median 1 SD 2 SD 3 SD 0: 0 0 -0.3053 13.4069 0.09560 10.2 11.1 12.2 13.4 14.8 16.3 18.1 0: 1 because the BMI-for-age for Birth to 2 years is based on length. For children 2 to 5 years measured lying down, convert length to height by subtracting 0. WHO Child Growth Standards Weight-for-age GIRLS Birth to 6 months (z-scores) Age (completed weeks or months) Weight (kg) 3 4 5 6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Although the SAS program calculates z-scores and percentiles for children up to 20 years of age, the World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts are recommended for children < 24 months of age. Several programs on the WHO and CDC websites are based on the WHO growth charts. Note that the calculations for BMI z-scores and percentiles for 2- to The nutritional indices (weight, weight-for-length Z score and weight for age Z scores) improved on feeding with SST during a median duration of treatment of 9 days. Thus, it was documented that the younger the infant, the better the outcome on feeding with SST and the longer the duration of treatment, the better was the outcome. To determine the association between socioeconomic level, gender, stunting and other characteristics with the presence of overweight/obesity in the preschool children. BMI/Age Z score > + 2 SD was found in 19.5% of the children. It was more common among the children from areas with high socio-economic level (OR: 2.43; 95% CI 1.54, 3.84, and p < .000). The value of the z-score tells you how many standard deviations you are away from the mean. If a z-score is equal to 0, it is on the mean. A positive z-score indicates the raw score is higher than the mean average. For example, if a z-score is equal to +1, it is 1 standard deviation above the mean. A negative z-score reveals the raw score is Z Professional / Clinical Calculators / WHO Infant Weight for Length Percentiles (/ In these topics. Health Supervision of the Well Child. Brought to you by Merck & Co, Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (known as MSD outside the US and Canada) — dedicated to using leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. Learn more about the Additionally, it provides a command routine in Stata, which processes the z-scores of the anthropometric indices height-for-age and weight-for-height and presents the respective prevalence of the nutritional conditions. Data from two household surveys were used to demonstrate the application of AWC, which were conducted in 1992 (n = 1229) and Z score graphs . BMI charts . Weight for length/height charts . Velocity charts • Prenatal or combined pre- and postnatal growth charts • Special populations : Down syndrome , Turner syndrome •Slower weight gain from age 3-12 months •Deviation of growth occurs when babies are already on solids, ie not deficiency Objective To evaluate the misclassification resulting from the use of body mass index (BMI) cut-points defined by rounded percentiles instead of Z-scores in early childhood. Using data from the TARGet Kids primary care network we conducted a cross-sectional study among 5836 children < 6 years of age. The World Health Organization growth standards were used to calculate BMI-for-age Z-scores YUDk.