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In 1980 a study was performed to obtain reference values for 14 anthropometric measurements: height, weight, arm span, sitting height, length of upper-arm, lower-arm, hand, tibia and foot, biacromial and biiliacal diameter, circumferences of upper-arm, thigh and calf. 1,246 boys and 1,105 girls ranging in ages from 0-17.75 years and living in the north of the Netherlands participated in the study. For each of the variables the mean was calculated by a cubic spline appproximation. The boys and girls of the study were taller than those in surrounding countries. The children were divided according to age into 50 groups to calculate the standard deviations and from these the centiles were constructed. For each age group the correlation matrices with their confidence limits of two pairs of measurements were calculated. From the age of 3 years onwards an average correlation coefficient for all groups could be obtained. Using this average correlation coefficient and the SDS-scores (Z-scores) of two measurements an ellipse could be constructed which comprises 95% fo the pairs of scores. The typicality or atypicality of an individual can be graphically displayed using this ellipse and it can also be calculated using the squared distance of the pair of Z-scores.
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Gerver, W., Drayer, N., Schaafsma, W. et al. 65 REFERENCE VALUES FOR THE BODY SHAPE OF BOYS AND GIRLS. Pediatr Res 24, 528 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198810000-00086
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198810000-00086