Establishing body mass index growth charts for Pakistani children and adolescents using the Lambda-Mu-Sigma (LMS) and quantile regression method - Concepedia

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Establishing body mass index growth charts for Pakistani children and adolescents using the Lambda-Mu-Sigma (LMS) and quantile regression method

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2020

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Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Aslam, Justyna Wyszyńska, Saima Altaf

Minerva Pediatrics

Abstract

This comprehensive study suggests that WHO 2007 references are not suitable for Pakistani children. The QR method should be considered as an alternative method to develop growth charts.