The CMH (the Corrected Midparental Height) method, in which the average parental height of 10.5 cm is the target height for boys and the average parental height of 6.5 cm is the target height for girls, has been widely used in pediatric practice. This method has been commonly used since the 1970s.
I. The specific formula is: Boy = (father’s height + mother’s height + 13)/2±8CM Girl = (father’s height + mother’s height – 13)/2±8CM As the standard of living in China has improved significantly in recent years, many previous generations may have not received more timely and effective treatment due to inadequate nutrition or when they had diseases that caused adequate growth in height, the adult height of children is now often higher than the genetic height.
Some scholars have proposed a new target height calculation method, FPH (the Final Height for Parental Height) method through sufficient research, which has been verified in some domestic areas and proved to be more accurate and reasonable, and thus has now replaced the CMH method mentioned earlier.
Second, the formula of FPH method is: Boy = 45.99 + 0.78 × (father’s height + mother’s height) ÷ 2 ± 5.29CM Girl = 37.85 + 0.75 × (father’s height + mother’s height) ÷ 2 ± 5.29CM