Growth charts for children aged 2-18 years old in Iran are presented.
The charts are based on a random cluster sample survey of 3301 childre
n living in urban Tehran, whose heights and weights were measured duri
ng the 1990-1992 National Health Survey of Iran. Because of difference
s between the data from the different provinces, these data were used
as a representative subset of the total data. Charts were constructed
using Healy's method, as modified by Pan, Goldstein and Yang, and are
shown to fit the data well. Simulations show that the structure of the
data does not affect the centile estimates. These charts may be used
for all urban children in Iran and modifications are suggested to enab
le them to be used for rural children, who are generally smaller than
urban children.