Change in mean (SD) weight Z scores between target ages by dataset
| Change in SDS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target age (weeks) | Sex | Widdowson (1959) | CIGS (1984) | GDS (1987) | GMS (1999) | Tampere (2003) |
| 0–7 | M | −0.43 | −0.34 | −0.37 | −0.34 | −0.23 |
| F | −0.40 | −0.49 | −0.38 | −0.34 | −0.28 | |
| 7–52 | M | 1.09 | 0.44 | 0.78 | 0.71 | 0.46 |
| F | 1.06 | 0.45 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.40 | |
CIGS, Cambridge Infant Growth Study; GDS, Growth and Development Study; GMS, Gateshead Millennium Study.