Re: st: new command to calculate 2006 WHO anthropometric z-scores

[Joerg Luedicke <joerg.luedicke@gmail.com>]

Thanks for this clarification, Jef.

J.

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Leroy, Jef (IFPRI) <J.Leroy@cgiar.org> wrote:
> Joerg,
> The main reason is that my research focuses on kids 0 to 5...
>
> Note that there is a methodological difference between the reference for
> 0 to 5 and 5 to 19. The reference for infants and young children (0 to 5
> years of age) is based on the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study
> (MGRS). The reference for children and adolescents (5 to 19 years of
> age) is a reconstruction of the 1977 National Center for Health
> Statistics (NCHS)/WHO reference.
>
> Jef
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Luedicke
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 2:33 PM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: new command to calculate 2006 WHO anthropometric
> z-scores
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Nyasha Tirivayi <ntirivayi@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Dear Jef
>>
>> Thanks for this good news. I have been waiting for this kind of
>> software for use in Stata. Much appreciated
>>
>
> Just for the protocol, similar stuff with respect to US and UK
> standards has been implemented in form of egen functions:
>
> http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=dm0004
>
>
> Another question for Jef: Why is the age range limited to 0-5 years?
>
> J.
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