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Information about NUTSTAT

NUTSTAT is a program for recording and evaluating measurements of length, stature, weight, and head and arm circumference for children and adolescents.

NUTSTAT calculates BMI-for-age, percentiles, z-scores (numbers of standard deviations from the mean), and in some cases, percent of median, using data from the following sources:

     Bullet The CDC/WHO 1977/1985 reference curves for age, sex, height, and weight

     Bullet WHO reference data for arm circumference

     Bullet The 2000 U.S. National Center for Health Statistics reference curves for age, sex, height, weight, head circumference, and body mass index 

 

Note: NUTSTAT with the 2000 reference data may be available in the fall of 2001. Epi Info 2000 currently available for download from the web includes NUTSTAT with the 1977 reference data. 

 

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