ArticleJournal of epidemiology2017
Growth charts for Brazilian children with Down syndrome: Birth to 20 years of age.
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- The Use of Virtual and Computational Technologies in the Psychomotor and Cognitive Development of Children with Down Syndrome: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Beyond Bartonellosis: A Case Report of Hepatic Tuberculosis as a Final Diagnosis in a Child With Down Syndrome.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Growth trajectories of children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta in a reference center in Rio de janeiro, Brazil.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- The Connection Between Socioeconomic Factors and Dietary Habits of Children with Down Syndrome in Croatia.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Head circumference percentiles in Indian children with Down syndrome.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
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- The best tool for the assessment of developmental disorders in children with down syndrome: comparison of standard and specialized growth charts - cross sectional study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Growth Patterns of Thai Children with Down Syndrome from Birth to 5 Years.Journal of pediatric genetics · 2021Article
- Physical Status and Parent-Child Feeding Behaviours in Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome in The United Arab Emirates.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Height and weight reference charts for Brazilians with intellectual disabilities aged 7-17.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
- Different immunological patterns of Down syndrome patients with and without recurrent infections.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
- Brazilian growth charts for Williams-Beuren Syndrome at ages 2 to 18 years.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe growth of youth with Down syndrome (DS) differs from that of youth without DS, and growth charts specific to DS have been developed. However, little is known about the growth of Brazilian youth with DS. The objective of this study was to construct growth charts for Brazilian youth with DS and compare the growth data with the Child Growth Standards of the World Health Organization (WHO) and charts for children with DS from other studies.
methodsMixed longitudinal and cross-sectional data were collected at University of Campinas, 48 specialized centers for people with intellectual disabilities, and two foundations for people with DS between 2012 and 2015. A total of 10,516 growth measurements from birth to 20 years of age were available from 938 youth with DS (53.7% boys) born between 1980 and 2013. The Lambda Mu Sigma method was applied to construct the curves using generalized additive models for location, scale, and shape.
resultsLength/height-for-age, weight-for-age, and head circumference-for-age percentile curves were generated for Brazilian boys and girls from birth to 20 years of age. Differences in growth of Brazilian youth ranged from -0.8 to -3.2 z-scores compared to WHO standards, and -1.9 to +1.3 compared to children with DS in other studies.
conclusionsThese specific growth charts may guide clinicians and families in monitoring the growth of Brazilian children and adolescents with DS.
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