reference curves are useful tools to monitor children’s growth status and can promote growth velocity in infants. in this regard, various parametric and semi-parametric methods are frequently used in the last decades. in the present paper, nonparametric quintile regression method is used as a powerful and applicable methodology to estimate height curves and normal values of height-for-age in ch...

background: reference charts are widely used in healthcare as a screening tool. this study aimed to produce reference growth charts for school children from west malaysia in comparison with the united states centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) chart. methods: a total of 14,360 school children ranging from 7 to 17 years old from six states in west malaysia were collected. a two-stag...