Himes J H, Roche A F, Thissen D, Moore W M
Pediatrics. 1985 Feb;75(2):304-13.
A clinical "parent-specific" method for evaluating recumbent length and stature of children, allowing for the stature of parents, is presented. This method uses midparent stature and allows adjustment of recumbent length (birth to 3 years) and stature (3 to 18 years) of US children relative to National Center for Health Statistics growth charts. The method is based on parent-child relationships for 586 midparent-child pairs participating in the Fels Longitudinal Study, and on more than 16,000 serial measurements of recumbent length and stature. The method provides a clinical tool to separate the normal genetic contribution of parental stature to stature of children from other factors that affect stature such as malnutrition or disease.
本文介绍了一种临床“父母特异性”方法，用于评估儿童的卧位身长和身高，并考虑到父母的身高。该方法使用父母平均身高，并允许根据美国国家卫生统计中心的生长图表对美国儿童的卧位身长（出生至3岁）和身高（3至18岁）进行调整。该方法基于参与费尔斯纵向研究的586对父母平均身高与子女身高的亲子关系，以及超过16000次卧位身长和身高的连续测量。该方法提供了一种临床工具，可将父母身高对子女身高的正常遗传贡献与其他影响身高的因素（如营养不良或疾病）区分开来。
