Objective: To establish how suitable the growth tables we usually use are.
Design: A descriptive crossover study. SITE. Primary Care. Casalduch Health Centre in Castellón.
Patients and others participants: 120 boys and 158 girls, aged 6, who attended the Health Centre for routine School Health examinations.
Measurements and main results: The weight and height of the children was analysed. The percentil corresponding to each value was assigned in line with the growth tables in the Child Health Booklet. It was found that values higher than those expected were obtained, in both sexes and for weight and height. On comparing the proportion of girls with percentils above 5 and 75 with the theoretical proportions of 50 and 25% respectively, significant differences were obtained in all cases.
Conclusions: Despite our only having studied exclusively 6 year old children in an extremely restricted geographical area, we can claim that this survey contributes to the revision and updating of the growth tables.