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The comparison of height for age index with normal distribution in Eslamabade-Gharb students (2007-8)
Authors
Badrieh Sahargahi1, Ramin Pormehr1, Mansour Rezaei2,*, Mohammad Reza Naderi1, Soghra Mohammadi1, Ali Moradi1
1Islam Abad-e-Gharb Health Network, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
2Dept. of Biostatistics, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Corresponding author: Mansour Rezaei, Dept. of Biostatistics, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran, Tel: +98 831 826 2052 Email: mrezaei@kums.ac.ir
Published online:Dec 29, 2012
Article type:Research Article
Received:Jan 17, 2012
Accepted:Jun 05, 2012
How to Cite:Sahargahi B, Pormehr R, Rezaei M, Naderi MR, Mohammadi S, et al. The comparison of height for age index with normal distribution in Eslamabade-Gharb students (2007-8). J Kermanshah Univ Med Sci. 2012;16(5):e77352. doi:
Abstract
Background: Monitoring height for age is very important indicator in children and teenagers periods. Unfortunately in screening for students’ nutritional problems, only students with height below 3rd percentile of health road (height, weight or BMI charts) are reported and plotted in national growth charts, whereas attention to total normal distribution of student growth and comparison with it is more important. The aim of this study was to compare national students’ height for age distribution charts with normal distribution.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study 7940 male and female students of Islam Abad-e-Gharb were studied during nutritional school screening from 2007 to2008. The distribution of this index compared with standard normal distribution using Chi square goodness of fit test.
Results: There was a significant difference (P<0.05) between height tow age and standard normal distribution a mong the students. Besides, 61.1 percent of students fall under 50th percentiles.
Conclusion: The number of well-nourished students in Eslamabade-Gharb was less than what was expected. Thus, paying attention to the malnourished students for prevention of shortness seems to be necessary.
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