Advanced search
Publication Cover
Annals of Human Biology Volume 46, 2019 - Issue 4: Special Issue: The Human Biology of Japan. Guest Editors:Taro Yamauchi and Jun Ohashi
Submit an article Journal homepage
284
Views
3
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
REVIEW ARTICLE

National anthropometric reference values and growth curves for Japanese children: history and critical review

Mikako InokuchiHealth Center, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; ;Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan;
,
Nobutake MatsuoDepartment of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; ;The Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement, Tokyo Healthcare Foundation, Tokyo, Japan; ;National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan;
,
John I TakayamaDepartment of Pediatrics, California University School of Medicine, San Francisco, USA
&
Tomonobu HasegawaDepartment of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 287-292 | Received 06 Sep 2018, Accepted 23 May 2019, Published online: 15 Jul 2019

Reference

  • Anzo M, Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T. 2015. Waist circumference centiles by age and sex for Japanese children based on the 1978–1981 cross-sectional national survey data. Ann Hum Biol 42:56–61.
  • Anzo M, Takahashi T, Sato S, Matsuo N. 2002. The cross-sectional head circumference growth curves for Japanese from birth to 18 years of age: the 1990 and 1992–1994 national survey data. Ann Hum Biol 29:373–388.
  • Cole TJ. 1985. A critique of the NCHS weight for height standard. Hum Biol 57:183–196.
  • Cole TJ, Green PJ. 1992. Smoothing reference centile curves: the LMS method and penalized likelihood. Stat Med 11:1305–1319.
  • Inokuchi M, Hasegawa T, Anzo M, Matsuo N. 2006. Standardized centile curves of body mass index for Japanese children and adolescents based on the 1978–1981 national survey data. Ann Hum Biol 33:444–453.
  • Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Anzo M, Hasegawa T. 2007. Body mass index reference values (mean and SD) for Japanese children. Acta Paediatr 96:1674–1676.
  • Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Anzo M, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T. 2007. Age dependent percentile for waist circumference for Japanese children based on the 1992–1994 cross-sectional national survey data. Eur J Pediatr 166:655–661.
  • Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T. 2016. Waist-to-height ratio centiles by age and sex for Japanese children based on the 1978–1981 cross-sectional national survey data. Int J Obes 40:65–70.
  • Isojima T, Kato N, Ito Y, Kanzaki S, Murata M. 2016. Growth standard charts for Japanese children with mean and standard deviation (SD) values based on the year 2000 national survey. Clin Pediatr Endocrinol 25:71–76.
  • Ito Y, Fujieda K, Okuno A. 2016. Weight-for-height charts for Japanese children based on the year 2000 report of school health statistics research. Clin Pediatr Endocrinol 25:77–82.
  • Joint Committee for Japanese reference values, the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and the Japanese Association for Human Auxology. 2011. Assessment of body size of Japanese children: the societal opinion (In Japanese). [accessed 2018 Aug 19]. http://jspe.umin.jp/medical/files/takikaku_hyoka.pdf
  • Kato N, Sato K, Takimoto H, Sudo N. 2008. BMI for age references for Japanese children–based on the 2000 growth survey. Asia Pac J Public Health 20:118–127.
  • Kato N, Takimoto H, Sudo N. 2011. The cubic functions for spline smoothed L, S and M values for BMI reference data of Japanese children. Clin Pediatr Endocrinol 20:47–49.
  • Matsushita Y, Yoshiike N, Kaneda F, Yoshita K, Takimoto H. 2004. Trends in childhood obesity in Japan over the last 25 years from the national nutrition survey. Obes Res 12:205–214.
  • Nellhaus G. 1968. Head circumference from birth to eighteen years. Practical composite international and interracial graphs. Pediatrics 41:106–114.
  • Suwa S, Tachibana K, Maesaka H, Tanaka T, Yokoya S. 1992. Longitudinal standards for height and height velocity for Japanese children from birth to maturity. Clin Pediatr Endocrinol 1:5–13.
  • Tanaka C, Murata M, Homma M, Kawahara T. 2004. Reference charts of body proportion for Japanese girls and boys. Ann Hum Biol 31:681–689.
  • Tokumura M, Nanri S, Kimura K, Tanaka T, Fujita H. 2004. Height-specific body mass index reference curves for Japanese children and adolescents 5–17 years of age. Pediatr Int 46:525–530.
  • Tsuzaki S, Matsuo N, Osano M. 1987. The physical growth of Japanese children from birth to 18 years of age. Cross-sectional percentile growth curve for height and weight. Helv Paediatr Acta 42:111–119.
  • Tsuzaki S, Matsuo N, Saito M, Osano M. 1990. The head circumference growth curve for Japanese children between 0–4 years of age: comparison with Caucasian children and correlation with stature. Ann Hum Biol 17:297–303.
  • Zachmann M. 1987. Editorial: Japanese growth standards in a Swiss Journal. Helv Paediatr Acta 42:109–110.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.