Table of normal height percentile values for male and female children and adolescents by age group Please refer to the height growth data of children surveyed by the National Education Commission and the Capital Institute of Pediatrics in 2005, which is currently used as a reference population value for the height of Chinese children. Is your child’s height normal?
Criteria for short stature Any child with a growth rate of less than 7 cm per year in infancy (under 3 years old), less than 4-5 cm per year in childhood (3 years old – before puberty), less than 5.5-6.5 cm per year in puberty, and less than 2 standard deviations (-2SD) below the average height of healthy children of the same age (refer to the height standard table) or below the third percentile of the growth curve is considered short.
How to measure accurate height The correct way to measure height is to take an orthostatic measurement, with the occiput, hips and heels close to the late board, the heels close together, the two toes at 45 degrees, and the forehead slightly closed so that the line between the upper edge of the ear screen and the lower edge of the orbit is parallel to the ground.
Measurement is to look ahead with both eyes flat, from the top of the head pendant downward placed with a right angle to the top of the head, close to the top of the head, at the lowest point to draw a straight line can be.
Notes on measuring height 1, the same measurement time the same: people’s height is different in the morning and evening, and thus the measurement time should be the same; 2, the same standard height measurement ruler (measured in the same place); 3, the same measurement person measurement: different people, different eye level angle, may lead to measurement errors.