Agreement between center of disease control and word health organization reference growth

Authors

  • Cláudia Aparecida Arcari Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Maria José Bistafa Pereira Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto; Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Saúde Pública
  • Ana Márcia Spanó Nakano Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto; Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Saúde Pública
  • Flávia Azevedo Gomes Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto; Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Saúde Pública
  • Isilia Aparecida Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem; Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Psiquiátrica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342011000200015

Keywords:

Child, Nutritional status, Child development, Breast feeding, Anthropometry

Abstract

The objective this study was to verify the agreement of the guidelines recommended by CDC and WHO to evaluate the nutritional state. This is a cross-sectional study, which counted with the participation of 254 children of ages 3 to 11 months and 29 days from São Paulo and Ribeirão Preto, performed from June 2005 to July 2006. The anthropometric indexes were obtained using the software available on the CDC and WHO websites. The Kappa Test was used for nominal variables (length/age) and weighted-Kappa for ordinal variables (weight/length). It was found that there are differences between the CDC and WHO guidelines regarding the evaluation of child nutrition, with greater differences in the results for children of ages 3 to 6 months.

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Published

2011-04-01

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Original Article

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How to Cite

Silva, C. A. A., Pereira, M. J. B., Nakano, A. M. S., Gomes, F. A., & Silva, I. A. (2011). Agreement between center of disease control and word health organization reference growth. Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 45(2), 404-410. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342011000200015