Table 1

Numbers of children and mean ages with relevant weight/height data at Children in Focus clinic and routine child health records, and raw data for height/length and weight measurements

CiF clinicChildren attending CiF clinicNo of children with PCHR weight data ±2 months of CiF clinic (%)Mean (SD) weight, at CiF clinic, kgMean (SD) weight from PCHR, kgNo of children with PCHR length/height data ±2 months of CiF clinic (%)Mean (SD) height, at CiF clinic, cmMean (SD) height from PCHR, cmMean (SD) age at CiF clinic, monthsMean (SD) age of PCHR measurement, months
4 months101737.6 (382)6.5 (0.8)5.4 (0.9)33.9 (345)62.3 (2.2)58.6 (2.8)3.8 (0.1)2.1 (0.5)
8 months130982.9 (1085)8.8 (1.0)9.2 (1.1)80.3 (1051)70.2 (2.4)72.1 (2.9)8.2 (0.2)9.1 (0.5)
12 months123812.7 (157)10.3 (1.3)10.1 (1.3)11.2 (139)75.9 (2.7)75.5 (3.1)12.3 (0.2)11.6 (0.9)
18 months116557.8 (673)11.4 (1.3)11.5 (1.3)55.7 (649)81.6 (2.9)82.3 (3.3)18.4 (0.3)18.5 (0.7)
25 months108717.8 (194)12.8 (1.3)12.8 (1.4)16.8 (183)88.1 (2.6)87.8 (2.7)25.0 (0.2)24.3 (0.8)
31 months10830.1 (1)0.1 (1)
37 months10510.7 (7)0.7 (7)
43 months104811.6 (122)16.1 (1.6)16.0 (1.8)11.7 (123)99.1 (3.3)99.4 (3.3)43.3 (0.3)43.1 (1.0)
49 months10223.1 (32)3.1 (32)
61 months9850.0 (0)0.0 (0)
  • CiF, Children in Focus (the name of the research clinic); PCHR, Personal Child Health Record (the name of the UK routine data source for child’s weight and height).