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- Find your child's height on the left side, and read horizontally across until you reach the vertical line for your child's age. Then see where that point is among the percentile lines. For example, a boy 61 inches (155 cm) tall and 12 years old is just above the 75% percentile. Consult your physician if you are concerned about your child's growth.
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What is an adult height predictor chart?
It includes guidance on the onset and progression of puberty, a BMI centile lookup, an adult height predictor and a mid parental height comparator. These and all our growth charts are based on WHO Child Growth Standards, which describe the optimal growth for healthy, breastfed children.
- 0-4 Years
This chart should be used for preschool infants and toddlers...
- Growth Charts
Read about these below, and download our factsheets for more...
- Guidance for Health Professionals
When measuring height of a child shoes should be removed and...
- 0-4 Years
- Plotting
- Percentiles
- Mid-Parental Centile & Adult Height Predictor Charts
- Pubertal Assessment
- BMI centiles
- Growth Charts For Children with Down Syndrome
- References & Further Reading
0-4 years
For babies born at term (>/= 37 weeks), plot each measurement on the relevant chart by drawing a small dot where a vertical line through the child’s age crosses a horizontal line through the measured value – height/length, weight orhead circumference(see Fig. 1 below). Plot birth weight/length/head circumference at age 0.
For pre-term infants
If <32 weeks gestation – the NICM chartshould be used. If >32 weeks and before 37 weeks, plot all measurements in the preterm section until 42 weeks gestation. Then plot on the 0-1-year chart using gestational correctionas shown in Fig. 2 (below). Gestational correction: plot measurements at the child’s actual age, then draw a line back the number of weeks the infant was preterm. Mark the spot with an arrow: this is child’s gestationally corrected centile. This should continue until at least...
2-18 years
Plot each measurement on the relevant chart by drawing asmall dot where a vertical line through the child’s age crosses a horizontal line through the measured value – height orweight(see Fig. 1 below).
Growth charts indicate: 1. A child’s size compared with children of the same age and maturity who have shown optimal growth. 2. How quickly a child is growing. Centile lines show the expected range of weights and heights (or lengths). They describe the number of children expected to be BELOW that line (i.e. 50% below the 50th, 91% below the 91st): ...
Mid-parental centile
The mid-parental centile is the average adult height centile to be expected for all children of these particular parents. The scale is located on the right-hand side of the chart (Fig. 3).
Adult height predictor chart
The adult height predictor chart (Fig. 4) allows for a prediction of the child’s adult height based on their current height (adjusted to allow for very tall and short children to be less extreme as adults).
The 2-18 years growth chart contains puberty lines from age 8 to 18 years old for girls and 9 to 18 years old for boys. These lines indicate the normal age limits for the phases of puberty.
The growth charts also provide an opportunity to calculate the child’s BMIfrom the age of 2. Both 0-4 years (boys & girls) and 2-18 years (boys & girls)charts provide a simple graph to convert the child’s weight centile and height centile to their BMI centile.
The Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group (DSMIG) and RCPCH have developed cross-sectional growth charts for boys and girls with Down syndrome for use from term to 18 years old. Reasons for using these charts include: 1. Short stature is a recognised characteristic of most people with Down syndrome – the average height at most ages is around the 2nd...
COI (2009). Using the new UK–World Health Organization 0–4 years growth charts. Department of Health. Accessed 29 Mar 2019. Available from: [LINK].Health Policy team (2012). UK Growth chart 0-4 years. RCPCH. Accessed 28 Mar 2019. Available from: [LINK].Health Policy team (2012). UK Growth chart 2-18 years. RCPCH. Accessed 28 Mar 2019. Available from: [LINK].RCPCH/DSMIG Down syndrome growth chart steering group (2012). The 2011 DSMIG/RCPCH growth charts for children with Down syndrome – Fact sheet. DSMIG. Accessed 28 Mar 2019. Available from: [LINK].This chart provides some extra guidance about the lower limit (0.4th centile) for height in boys 9-14 years. If a plot falls within the shaded area on the height chart between 9 and 14 years, pubertal assessment will be required and mid-parental centile should be assessed.
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Mid-parental target height. The mid-parental target height is obtained by plotting the mid-parental centile on the height chart at age 20 and reading off the corresponding height. Four boys out of five will have an adult height within ±7 cm of this target height.
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LifeMeasure's length charts for infant boys and male height charts for all ages is the easy way to track and compare growth trends.
After age 2, you can use the growth chart to expand between the ages of 2 and 20. In addition to weight and height at that point, we also look at body mass index, that number where we try to capture how children's proportionality is.
A growth chart (see bottom of page) is helpful for checking if a child’s growth is within normal limits as well as anticipating adult stature. The latter can also be done with a height calculator. To use a growth chart, locate the point where a child’s height and age intersect.
