This repository contains LMS smoothed centile tables constructed from data from 63339 children measured as part of The Central Manchester Foundation Trust's Child Health and Measurement Programme (CHAMP), analysed in partnership with The University of Manchester (https://www.champ.cmft.nhs.uk/).
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has committed to producing a digital growth chart for every child. A child’s growth pattern is a fundamental indicator of health and wellbeing as well as a predictor of future health and wellbeing. Comprising a team of experts in health and nutrition, CHAMP has successfully helped thousands of families make positive lifestyle changes.
The centiles presented here have undergone LMS smoothing, and have been fitted using the R package GAMLSS (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/gamlss/index.html) in R version 3.4.1.
To learn more about the work of CHAMP in reducing and preventing child obesity, or to discuss access to CHAMP data for research purposes, please contact champ@mft.nhs.uk
For further information on the analysis into CHAMP data conducted by The University of Manchester, please contact Dr. Matthew Sperrin: matthew.sperrin@manchester.ac.uk