Davies A G, Wheeler E
Department of Human Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Child Care Health Dev. 1989 May-Jun;15(3):167-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1989.tb00613.x.
The weights of 220 infants of Bangladeshi origin attending two clinics in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets were analysed at birth, 6 months and 18 months of age. The weights were compared first with the Tanner-Whitehouse standards derived from English children and then with Indian data from the infants of well-to-do families. The mean weights of the infants of Bangladeshi origin were below the British Tanner-Whitehouse 50th centiles, approximating to the 25th centile values. As the means were similar to those reported from well-nourished Indian infants, it is unlikely that the Bangladeshi infants were undernourished. The reported weights of well-nourished Indian infants appeared to be a more appropriate reference for the infants of Bangladeshi origin than the Tanner-Whitehouse values. However the Tanner-Whitehouse charts can be used, but with their 25th, 10th and 3rd centile lines being taken to read 50th, 25th and 10th centiles, respectively. Significantly more boy than girl infants were brought to one of the clinics.
对伦敦塔哈姆雷茨区两家诊所的220名孟加拉裔婴儿在出生时、6个月大时和18个月大时的体重进行了分析。首先将这些体重与源自英国儿童的坦纳-怀特豪斯标准进行比较，然后与富裕家庭印度婴儿的数据进行比较。孟加拉裔婴儿的平均体重低于英国坦纳-怀特豪斯标准的第50百分位数，接近第25百分位数的值。由于这些平均值与营养良好的印度婴儿报告的平均值相似，孟加拉裔婴儿不太可能营养不良。营养良好的印度婴儿报告的体重似乎比坦纳-怀特豪斯值更适合作为孟加拉裔婴儿的参考。不过可以使用坦纳-怀特豪斯图表，但将其第25、第10和第3百分位线分别视为第50、第25和第10百分位数来读取。在其中一家诊所就诊的男婴明显多于女婴。
