al-Mazrou Y, al-Amood M M, Khoja T, al-Turki K, el-Gizouli S E, Tantawi N E, Khalil M H, Aziz K M
Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Trop Pediatr. 2000 Aug;46(4):212-8. doi: 10.1093/tropej/46.4.212.
A national survey was carried out to achieve the following objectives: (1) construction of national standards for Saudi children, 0-5 years old, with regard to weight, height and head circumference for males and females; (2) construction of a growth chart for weight, height and head circumference for 0-5-year-old Saudi children that can be used at hospitals and health centres in the Kingdom for routine follow-up of the growth of these children. To achieve these objectives, the WHO recommendations were applied. A total of 24,000 Saudi children, 12,000 males and 12,000 females, were selected randomly representing the five regions of the Kingdom with 200 children in each monthly age group. Demographic data as well as the anthropometric measurements were recorded by well-trained personnel using a pretested questionnaire and new, well calibrated equipment. The current study showed that Saudi boys (0-5 years old) were heavier and taller than Saudi girls in the same age group, and that the median weights and heights of Saudi boys and girls (0-5 years old) were more than those of the Harvard standards. A growth chart was constructed which was suitable for growth monitoring programmes all over the Kingdom.
开展了一项全国性调查，以实现以下目标：（1）制定沙特阿拉伯0至5岁儿童体重、身高和头围的国家标准，区分男性和女性；（2）绘制沙特阿拉伯0至5岁儿童体重、身高和头围的生长图表，供沙特王国的医院和健康中心用于对这些儿童的生长情况进行常规跟踪。为实现这些目标，采用了世界卫生组织的建议。总共随机挑选了24000名沙特儿童，其中12000名男性和12000名女性，代表沙特王国的五个地区，每个月龄组有200名儿童。人口统计数据以及人体测量数据由训练有素的人员使用经过预测试的问卷和新的、校准良好的设备进行记录。当前研究表明，沙特阿拉伯0至5岁男孩比同年龄组的女孩更重、更高，且沙特阿拉伯0至5岁男孩和女孩的体重和身高中位数高于哈佛标准。绘制了一张适合沙特王国各地生长监测项目的生长图表。
