Child Growth Percentile Calculator (WHO Standards)
Child Growth Percentile Calculator (WHO Standards): a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers sex. Stub page while the tool and its worked example are prepared.
Child Growth Percentile Calculator (WHO Standards) is a planned calculator in the health section of Super Calculator, covering reproductive and pediatric.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: sex, age (days or months), weight (kg), length or height (cm) and head circumference (cm).
Outputs: z-score and percentile for weight-for-age, length-for-age and weight-for-length and BMI-for-age.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: WHO Child Growth Standards for ages zero to five years, using the LMS method: z = ((measurement/M)^L - 1) / (L*S), with L, M and S looked up by exact age and sex, then converted to a percentile through the normal distribution.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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