Standardizing anthropometric measures in children and adolescents with new functions for egen

Suzanna Vidmar, John Carlin, Kylie Hesketh and Tim Cole
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Suzanna Vidmar: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and University of Melbourne Department of Pediatrics
John Carlin: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and University of Melbourne Department of Pediatrics
Kylie Hesketh: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and University of Melbourne Department of Pediatrics
Tim Cole: Centre for Pediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London

Stata Journal, 2004, vol. 4, issue 1, pages 50-55

Abstract: A new function for egen has been developed to allow transformation of child anthropometric data to z-scores using the LMS method and the reference data available from the 1990 British Growth Reference and the 2000 US CDC Growth Reference. An additional function allows for children to be categorized according to body mass index (weight/height 2) using international cutoff points recommended by the Childhood Obesity Working Group of the International Obesity Taskforce. Copyright 2004 by StataCorp LP.

Keywords: z-scores; LMS; egen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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