Avaliaˋˋo antropom谷trica de crianˋas ind赤genas menores de 60 meses, a partir do uso comparativo das curvas de crescimento NCHS/1977 e OMS/2005

作者：Orellana; Jesem D Y; Santos; Ricardo V; Coimbra Jr; Carlos E A; Leite; Mauricio S

来源：Jornal de Pediatria, 2009, 85(2): 117-121.

DOI：10.1590/S0021-75572009000200006

• anthropometry
• nutritional assessment
• growth curves
• south american indians.

objectives: to perform a comparative analysis of anthropometric data from suru赤, xav芍nte and wari%26apos; indigenous children under 60 months of age using the nchs/1977 and the who/2005 growth curves. methods: anthropometric measurements followed standard procedures and the data obtained were converted into z scores using the epi-info (version 3.4) and who-anthro (version beta) softwares. the indices height/age (h/a), weight/age (w/a) and weight/height (w/h) were descriptors of nutritional status for all children under 60 months of age, as well as the body mass index (bmi) for children 24-59 months old. results: the frequencies of suru赤 children 2 z scores for w/h were 3.9 (nchs/1977) and 3.9% (who/2005); xav芍nte 0.0 and 0.8%; wari%26apos; 0.0 and 0.0%. the frequency of suru赤 children aged 24-59 months %26gt; 2 z scores for bmi was 5.4% (who/2005); xav芍nte 9.5%; and wari%26apos; 0.0%. conclusions: our findings revealed important differences in the results from nutritional assessment, according to the set of growth curves used; however, the use of both growth curves revealed a high prevalence of malnutrition. therefore, future studies with indigenous populations should present their results using two sets of growth curves to allow consistent comparison.