{
  "abstract": "Objectives The growth curves created by the World Health Organization (WHO) based on healthy populations are standards for evaluating children around the world regardless of their ethnic origin, socioeconomic status, and type of diet. The objective was to compare the weight-for-age (WFA) percentiles of the WHO growth curves with curves for people with cerebral palsy (CP) that take into account the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFSC).Methods We examined data from nine patients with CP under the care of Wuqu’ Kawoq in rural areas. We calculated percentiles: (1) according to WHO standards for P/E using the Anthro and Anthro plus packages in R and (2) according to growth curves for children with CP in the United States.Results There were four males and five females (mean (standard deviation (SD)) age 7.6 (5.3)). Three subjects who were outside the age range were excluded. According to WHO standards, all six had a percentile below one. According to the PC curves, two had a percentile below one and four had a mean (SD) percentile of 9.0 (8.0).Conclusions The WHO curves are not useful for monitoring the growth of people with CP in Guatemala, given that all of them were below the 1st percentile; the curves for CP indicate that they are underweight for their age. In children with CP, it is necessary to use the corresponding curves for an adequate anthropometric assessment. In children with CP, the corresponding curves must be used for an accurate anthropometric assessment.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Wuqu’ Kawoq, Tecpán Chimaltenango, Guatemala"
      ],
      "name": "Charis Gudiel"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Wuqu’ Kawoq, Tecpán Chimaltenango, Guatemala"
      ],
      "name": "Scott Tschida"
    }
  ],
  "title": "118 Comparison between percentiles of weight/age growth curves for healthy population and curves for cerebral palsy in Guatemala",
  "uid": "2e94c330-16ec-5831-9c32-141bb364d483"
}