Study details | Measurer | Method of measuring height | Method of referencing height | Diagnostic threshold |
Agwu (2004)28 | School nurse, SHN support worker | Leicester height measure | UK 1990 charts | <0.4th centile |
Ahmed (1995)30 | Health visitor | Microtoise, Minimetre (Raven), Oxford screening wall charts (Castlemead Publications) | Tanner and Whitehouse 1965 | (1) < −2 SDS (referral to auxologist) |
(2) < −3 SDS (referral to consultant) | ||||
(3) SDS decrease between measurements (referral to auxologist) | ||||
Aszkenasy (2005)34 | School nurse | Leicester height measure | 0.4th centile tables based on UK 1990 charts | <0.4th centile |
Banerjee (2003)18 | Classroom assistant, health visitor | Leicester height measure | UK 1990 charts | <0.4th centile |
Cernerud (1994)36 | School nurse | Fixed vertical backboard with scale and horizonal blade | Reference data used by schools in the region (unspecified) | Height or height for weight outside 2 SDS, or change of >0.5 SDS/year |
de la Puente (1999)29 | NR | Accustat wall-mounted stadiometer | Growth charts for Catalonia | Less than or equal to the 3rd centile |
Hearn (1995)37 | School nurse | Minimeter (Raven) | Tanner and Whitehouse, 1965 | <3rd centile |
Keller (2002)38 | Practising paediatrician | Standiometer (Dr Keller system) | German synthetic norm curve | <3rd centile or >97th centile |
Lacey (1974)35 | School nurse | NR | Tanner and Whitehouse, 1965 | 1st cohort: <3rd centile |
2nd cohort: < −3 SDS | ||||
Lindsay (1994)31 | Trained volunteer | Accustat stadiometer | NR | 1st phase: < −2 SDS |
2nd phase: <3rd centile and growth rate <5 cm/year | ||||
Vimpani (1981)33 | Investigator | Harpenden portable anthropometer | Tanner and Whitehouse, 1965 | ⩽ −2.5 SDS |
Voss (1992)32 | School nurse | Portable wall-mounted microtoise | Tannerand Whitehouse, 1965 | <3rd centile |
SDS, standard deviation scores.