Characteristics of different growth charts.

1Although the sample was not population based, the authors stated that height of sampled children will likely not be different from children living in other regions in the country;2Method similar to LMS method;3Russian charts are published in a key pediatric book, and are commonly applied by pediatricians throughout Russia;4The UK-WHO growth charts are applied in clinical practice in the United Kingdom and constitute growth data from WHO growth standards with birth data from the British 1990 charts. As the WHO growth standards are already included in the analyses, the new WHO-UK growth charts were not considered.

1. 尽管该样本并非基于人群抽样，但研究作者指出，抽样儿童的身高大概率与该国其他地区儿童的身高无显著差异；2. 所采用的分析方法与LMS方法（LMS method）类似；3. 俄罗斯生长曲线表刊载于一部权威儿科学专著中，并被俄罗斯全境的儿科医师广泛应用；4. 英国-世界卫生组织（UK-WHO）生长曲线表应用于英国的临床实践，其生长数据源自世界卫生组织（WHO）生长标准，出生数据则取自1990年英国生长曲线表。鉴于本次分析已纳入世界卫生组织生长标准，因此未纳入新版英国-世界卫生组织（UK-WHO）生长曲线表。