Júlíusson Pétur B, Roelants Mathieu, Eide Geir Egil, Moster Dag, Juul Anders, Hauspie Roland, Waaler Per Erik, Bjerknes Robert
Seksjon for endokrinologi og metabolisme, Barneklinikken, Haukeland universitetssykehus, 5021 Bergen.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2009 Feb 12;129(4):281-6. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.09.32473.
The growth charts currently used in Norway, are based on measurements from the 1970s and 80s. New data are available from the Bergen Growth Study collected in 2003 - 6. In 2006, WHO published international charts for 0-5 year-old children.
New growth charts based on data from the Bergen Growth Study and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway are presented for children aged 0-19 years. These were compared with existing references and with the WHO curves.
Norwegian children aged 0-4 years have length, height and weight measurements that are only marginally different from those in the Norwegian growth charts in current use. In older children there has been an increase in the 50-percentile for height up to 3.4 cm in boys and 2.5 cm in girls. For children older than four years, weight for height has increased, especially for the upper percentiles. The percentile lines in the new Norwegian reference are generally positioned above the WHO standard for weight at birth, and for length/height, weight and head circumference in the age group 6 months to 5 years.
The secular trends in growth mirror the need for new charts. The fact that Norwegian children differ from the WHO standards may reflect population differences relating to environment or growth potential between the populations.
挪威目前使用的生长图表是基于20世纪70年代和80年代的测量数据。2003年至2006年收集的卑尔根生长研究提供了新的数据。2006年，世界卫生组织发布了0至5岁儿童的国际生长图表。
展示了基于卑尔根生长研究和挪威医学出生登记处数据的0至19岁儿童新生长图表。将这些图表与现有的参考标准以及世界卫生组织的曲线进行了比较。
0至4岁的挪威儿童在身长、身高和体重测量方面与目前使用的挪威生长图表中的数据仅有细微差异。年龄较大的儿童中，男孩身高的第50百分位数增加了3.4厘米，女孩增加了2.5厘米。对于4岁以上的儿童，身高别体重有所增加，尤其是较高百分位数的儿童。新的挪威参考标准中的百分位数线总体上高于世界卫生组织关于出生体重以及6个月至5岁年龄组身长/身高、体重和头围的标准。
生长的长期趋势反映了对新图表的需求。挪威儿童与世界卫生组织标准存在差异这一事实可能反映了不同人群在环境或生长潜力方面的差异。
