The short mothers were more inaccurate than the tall ones, but there was no significant correlation between mean maternal actual height and the degree of the error.
For a girl's future height, subtract 2½ in (or 6,5 cm): girl's height = mid-parental height - 2½ in (or 6,5 cm) For a boy's future height, add 2½ in (or 6,5 cm): boy's height = mid-parental height + 2½ in (or 6,5 cm) Mean measured paternal height was 173.2 cm, self reported 174.9 cm (p < 0.0001), partner reported 177 cm (p = 0.0004).
AHL conceived of the study.Over a nine-month period we first questioned and then measured all parents bringing their children for an initial visit to our pediatric endocrinology clinic located within our institution. African American and Asian groups had insufficient numbers of parents to be assessed.The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests.Parents who brought their children for short stature evaluation were more accurate in their height self-report compared to the parents who brought their children for other endocrine concerns.In conclusion, a large proportion of parents bringing their children to pediatric endocrinology clinic make a significant error reporting their own heights, which has an influence on mid-parental target height calculation. This underscores the likelihood of clinical error when relying on spousal report of the other partner's height.Mean MPTH calculated using measured parental heights was 165.3 cm (95%CI ± 2.0), and using reported heights 165.7 (95%CI ± 2.2, p = 0.045). We also investigated whether the accuracy of height self reports depended on person's gender, height, ethnic background or the reason for which the child had been brought for the evaluation, and whether any error in height reporting, if such existed, affected the accuracy of MPTH.Hispanic fathers reported their own heights with a mean overestimate of 1.1 cm taller than the measured heights (range 3.4 cm shorter to 7.2 cm taller), while Caucasian fathers had a mean overestimate of 1.7 cm taller than measured (range 3.6 cm shorter to 7.3 cm taller).There is a significant difference in paternal measured versus reported heights with an overall trend for fathers to overestimate their own height.
Mean measured maternal height was 160.6 cm, self-reported 161.1 cm (NS), partner reported 161.7 cm (NS). It is possible that lack of familiarity with the English measurement system may have contributed to their inaccuracy. It incorporates a regression adjustment to allow for the tendency of very tall and short parents to have children with less extreme heights6. P value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.There were 241 families: 98 fathers and 217 mothers in our study. Seventy percent of the MPTHs calculated by reported heights fell within ± 2 cm of MPTHs calculated using measured heights, 24% were in ± 2–4 cm range, and 6% were more than by 4 cm inaccurate.We used the SPSS statistical program to calculate the means, 95% confidence intervals (CI) and standard deviation score (SDS). The study was approved by our institutional review board.
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Data on subject's age, height and gender, presenting concern (short stature or other); parental reported and actual heights were also recorded.Distribution of accuracy of parental height self-report (actual minus reported heights in centimeters)- mothers.We would like to thank Eugene Komoroff, Ph.D., Stony Brook General Clinical Research Center, for statistical assistance. Our Institutional Review Board reviewed the project and determined that informed consent was not required as the consent process would potentially unblind the study and thereby influence the responses of the parents.IB, TAW, and AHL participated in the design of the study, the collection of data and the authorship and review of the manuscript.
If only one parent was present, he or she was asked to estimate their partner's height. In: (Father's Height - 5 + Mother's Height) / 2; Cm: (Father's Height - 13 + Mother's Height) / 2; III. Only the measured heights should be used in clinical studies, especially where a therapeutic outcome such as final height is compared to a pre-treatment calculated MPTH. Our experience has been that primary care physicians … The Caucasian women were somewhat more accurate with 63% of their reported heights within the ± 2 cm range and 7% more than 4 cm inaccurate. Analysis showed that only 70% of MPTH calculated by reported heights fell within ± 2 cm of MPTH calculated using measured heights, 24% being in ± 2–4 cm range, and 6% were inaccurate by more than 4 cm.All parents bringing their children for an initial evaluation to a pediatric endocrinology clinic over a period of nine months were questioned and then measured by a pediatric endocrinologist. Record the genetic father's height.