Chung S J
Department of Pathology, Morristown-Hamblen Hospital, TN 37814.
Int J Biomed Comput. 1994 Nov-Dec;37(3):259-72. doi: 10.1016/0020-7101(94)90124-4.
A microcomputer program in BASIC for predicting percentile of height and weight by age for Saudi and US children aged 6-16 years is designed. The formulas used in this program are derived from the data reported by Magbool et al. (Ann Saudi Med 13 (1993) 344-349) and the data of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Magbool et al. reported measurements of height and weight of 21,638 Saudi boys and girls aged 6-16 years from the Eastern Province. A mathematical model and a computer program previously published by the author are employed in this study. Analysis of the computer-assisted, predicted values and the data reported by Magbool et al. (Saudi) and the NCHS (USA) indicates that the program is accurate and reliable with a close agreement in expressing percentile as a function of age and height or weight. The computer-assisted predictive formulas can determine the relationship among the age, the height and weight, and the percentile, and as a supplement to the clinically useful reference standards of the tables and figures of Magbool et al. and the NCHS may be of value for growth evaluation of Saudi and US children.
设计了一个用BASIC语言编写的微型计算机程序，用于预测6至16岁沙特和美国儿童按年龄划分的身高和体重百分位数。该程序中使用的公式源自Magbool等人（《沙特医学杂志》13 (1993) 344 - 349）报告的数据以及美国国家卫生统计中心（NCHS）的数据。Magbool等人报告了来自东部省份的21638名6至16岁沙特男孩和女孩的身高和体重测量值。本研究采用了作者先前发表的数学模型和计算机程序。对计算机辅助预测值与Magbool等人（沙特）和NCHS（美国）报告的数据进行分析表明，该程序准确可靠，在将百分位数表示为年龄与身高或体重的函数时具有高度一致性。计算机辅助预测公式可以确定年龄、身高和体重以及百分位数之间的关系，作为对Magbool等人以及NCHS的表格和图表中临床有用参考标准的补充，可能对沙特和美国儿童的生长评估具有价值。
