June 1, 2007Open Access

Standard deviation of anthropometric Z-scores as a data quality assessment tool using the 2006 WHO growth standards: a cross country analysis

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Our results concur with the WHO assertion that SD is in a relatively small range for each indicator irrespective of where the Z-score mean lies, and support the use of SD as a quality indicator for anthropometric data. However, the ranges of SDs for all four indicators analysed were consistently wider than those published previously by WHO.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dacf6baae38ff6ad836c00 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.06.034421

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