Quality Assessment of Weight and Height Measurements in the WHO MONICA Project

Table 6. Change in mean height between surveys in 10-year birth cohorts defined by year of birth. Men and women aged 25-54 in the initial survey (see Section 5.3)
RUA Survey MEN WOMEN Score
25-34 35-44 45-54 25-34 35-44 45-54
change s.e. change s.e. change s.e. change s.e. change s.e. change s.e.
AUS-NEWa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 -1.0
0.1
-0.8
 0.6
0.7
0.6
 -0.3
0.2
-0.1
 0.6
0.6
0.5
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 -1.0
-0.2
-1.2
 0.5
0.6
0.5
 -1.3
-0.5
-1.7
 0.5
0.5
0.4
 2
2
2
AUS-PERa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 1.0
0.5
1.4
 0.8
0.9
0.8
 -1.0
0.7
-0.2
 0.8
1.0
0.8
 -0.2
-0.1
-0.4
 0.9
1.2
0.8
 0.4
-1.3
-0.8
 0.7
0.9
0.8
 -0.2
-0.6
-0.7
 0.7
0.8
0.8
 -0.0
-2.2
-2.2
 0.8
1.0
0.8
 2
2
2
BEL-CHAa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 1.4
-0.2
1.2
 1.2
1.2
1.1
 1.2
-0.7
0.5
 1.1
1.3
1.3
 2.4*
-0.1
2.2*
 1.0
1.0
0.9
 -0.8
-0.8
-1.6
 0.9
1.0
1.0
 0.1
0.4
0.5
 1.1
1.0
1.0
 2.8*
-0.5
2.3*
 0.9
0.9
0.9
 0
2
0
BEL-GHEa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 0.8
-0.4
0.4
 0.8
0.8
0.8
 0.5
0.8
1.3
 0.9
0.9
0.9
 0.3
-1.3
-1.1
 0.8
0.8
0.8
 1.4
-0.8
0.7
 0.8
0.8
0.8
 1.3
-2.0
-0.7
 0.7
0.8
0.7
 -0.6
-1.1
-1.8
 0.8
0.7
0.8
 2
2
2
CAN-HALa Ini-Fin 1.2 1.2 -1.1 1.0 -0.3 1.0 0.7 1.1 -0.6 0.9 -0.3 1.0 2
CHN-BEIa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 -1.4
2.2*
0.8
 0.7
0.6
0.7
 -2.0*
1.3
-0.7
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -1.6
0.3
-1.3
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -1.2
1.2
-0.0
 0.5
0.6
0.6
 -0.7
0.3
-0.3
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 -1.3
0.9*
-0.4
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 1
1
2
CZE-CZEa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 1.0
-0.7
0.4
 0.5
0.5
0.6
 0.1
-0.8
-0.6
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 -0.0
-0.6
-0.7
 0.5
0.6
0.5
 0.1
0.3
0.4
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 -0.5
0.1
-0.4
 0.4
0.5
0.5
 0.1
-0.7
-0.6
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 2
2
2
FIN-KUOa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 -0.2
0.2
0.0
 0.5
0.7
0.6
 -0.1
0.7
0.6
 0.5
0.6
0.5
 -0.5
-0.2
-0.7
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0.1
0.5
0.6
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 -0.1
-1.0
-1.1
 0.5
0.6
0.5
 -0.6
-0.1
-0.8
 0.5
0.6
0.5
 2
2
2
FIN-NKAa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 0.5
0.1
0.6
 0.5
0.6
0.6
 -0.4
0.1
-0.3
 0.4
0.6
0.6
 -0.3
-0.9
-1.1
 0.4
0.6
0.6
 -0.0
-0.1
-0.1
 0.4
0.5
0.5
 0.0
0.2
0.2
 0.4
0.5
0.5
 -0.2
0.3
0.0
 0.4
0.5
0.5
 2
2
2
FIN-TULa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 0.2
-0.0
0.2
 0.6
0.7
0.6
 0.2
0.6
0.8
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.3
0.5
0.2
 0.6
0.6
0.5
 1.5*
-0.3
1.3*
 0.5
0.6
0.5
 -0.2
-0.1
-0.3
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 -0.6
-0.1
-0.7
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 2
2
2
FRA-LILa Ini-Fin 0.8 0.8 0.1 0.6 -1.1 0.7 1.1 0.8 -0.2 0.6 0.0 0.7 2
FRA-STRa Ini-Fin dnc dnc 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.7 dnc dnc 1.7* 0.6 0.3 0.6 1
FRA-TOUa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 0.9
-0.4
0.5
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0.5
-1.3
-0.8
 0.7
0.6
0.7
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
0.0
 dnc
dnc
0.6
 dnc
dnc
-1.2
 dnc
dnc
0.6
 2
2
2
RUA Survey MEN WOMEN Score
25-34 35-44 45-54 25-34 35-44 45-54
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GER-AURa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 1.1
-0.3
0.8
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.2
-0.7
-0.9
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0.3
-0.9
-0.6
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 -0.0
0.6
0.5
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 0.4
-0.5
-0.1
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 -0.3
-0.4
-0.7
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 2
2
2
GER-AUUa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 1.0
-2.0*
-1.0
 0.7
0.7
0.7
 0.7
-0.9
-0.3
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0.3
-0.0
0.3
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 1.7*
-2.2*
-0.5
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0.6
-1.1
-0.5
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 1.4*
-2.5*
-1.1
 0.5
0.6
0.6
 1
1
2
GER-BERa Ini-Mid -0.8 1.1 -0.8 0.6 -0.1 0.6 1.2 1.0 -0.4 0.6 0.0 0.6 2
GER-BREa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 -0.8
0.6
-0.2
 0.8
0.9
0.8
 0.8
-0.3
0.5
 0.7
0.8
0.8
 -1.3
1.4
0.1
 0.7
0.8
0.7
 -0.9
0.6
-0.2
 0.7
0.7
0.7
 0.5
0.2
0.6
 0.6
0.7
0.7
 -0.5
1.1
0.6
 0.6
0.7
0.6
 2
2
2
GER-COTa Ini-Mid 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.7 -1.0 0.8 0.2 0.7 1.0 0.7 -0.3 0.7 2
GER-EGEb Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 -0.8
1.0
0.3
 0.8
0.8
0.8
 0.2
-0.3
-0.2
 0.8
0.8
0.8
 0.2
-0.1
0.1
 0.8
0.8
0.7
 1.0
-1.1
-0.2
 0.8
0.7
0.8
 -0.6
0.7
0.1
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.1
0.0
-0.1
 0.7
0.6
0.7
 2
2
2
GER-ERFa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 2.7
-0.5
2.2
 1.2
0.7
1.2
 0.5
0.5
0.9
 1.3
0.7
1.4
 -1.2
0.4
-0.8
 1.3
0.8
1.5
 1.0
-0.2
0.8
 1.0
0.6
1.0
 0.3
0.1
0.4
 1.4
0.6
1.4
 -1.3
-1.4
-2.8
 1.3
0.7
1.3
 2
2
2
GER-HACa Ini-Mid -0.2 0.6 0.0 0.5 -0.9 0.6 -0.7 0.5 -1.0 0.5 -0.6 0.5 2
GER-KMSa Ini-Mid 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 -0.4 0.5 0.1 0.5 2
HUN-BUDa Ini-Mid -1.4 0.6 -1.7* 0.5 -1.7 0.6 -0.8 0.6 -2.4* 0.5 -3.1* 0.5 0
HUN-PECa Ini-Mid -1.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 -0.9 0.6 0.7 0.5 -0.2 0.6 0.1 0.6 2
ICE-ICEa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 0.6
-0.5
0.1
 0.7
0.6
0.6
 0.0
-0.2
-0.2
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.6
-0.2
-0.8
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0.4
-0.2
0.2
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 -0.0
-0.6
-0.7
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 -0.1
-0.8
-0.9
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 2
2
2
ITA-BRIa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 -1.6
1.2
-0.4
 0.8
0.8
0.8
 0.2
-0.3
-0.1
 0.7
0.7
0.7
 -0.6
-0.5
-1.1
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0.0
-0.2
-0.2
 0.7
0.8
0.7
 -1.8*
-0.3
-2.1*
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -2.6*
0.8
-1.8
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0
2
1
ITA-FRIa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 0.7
0.5
1.2
 0.8
0.7
0.7
 0.2
0.0
0.3
 0.6
0.6
0.7
 -0.6
0.8
0.2
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.5
-0.2
-0.6
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.9
1.2*
0.3
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 -0.4
1.2*
0.8*
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 2
0
1
RUA Survey MEN WOMEN Score
25-34 35-44 45-54 25-34 35-44 45-54
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LTU-KAUa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 0.6
0.5
1.1
 0.5
0.6
0.6
 -0.5
-0.0
-0.5
 0.6
0.6
0.7
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 0.9
0.3
1.2*
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 -0.1
0.6
0.5
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 2
2
1
NEZ-AUCa Ini-Fin dnc dnc 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.5 dnc dnc 1.2* 0.6 -0.5 0.6 1
POL-TARa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 -0.8
0.2
-0.6
 0.6
0.6
0.5
 -0.5
-0.8
-1.3
 0.5
0.6
0.5
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 -0.6
-0.2
-0.8
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 0.1
-1.1
-1.0
 0.4
0.5
0.4
 2
2
2
POL-WARa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 -0.2
0.1
-0.1
 0.5
0.6
0.5
 -0.1
-0.9
-1.0
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 -0.4
-0.9
-1.4
 0.5
0.6
0.5
 -1.0
0.0
-1.0
 0.4
0.5
0.4
 2
2
2
RUS-MOCa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 0.2
-0.2
0.0
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.4
-0.7
-1.1
 0.6
0.7
0.7
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 -0.3
0.1
-0.3
 0.6
0.6
0.7
 -0.5
-1.1
-1.6
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 2
2
2
RUS-MOIa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 -0.4
0.7
0.3
 0.8
0.8
0.8
 0.3
0.6
0.9
 0.7
0.7
0.7
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 -0.8
0.8
0.0
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.6
0.6
-0.0
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 2
2
2
RUS-NOCa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 -0.9
0.3
-0.7
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.5
-1.3
-1.8
 0.7
0.6
0.7
 -0.1
-0.9
-1.0
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.1
-0.5
-0.6
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.4
-0.8
-1.2
 0.6
0.7
0.6
 0.4
-0.8
-0.4
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 2
2
2
RUS-NOIa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 0.5
-1.2
-0.6
 0.6
0.7
0.7
 0.5
-1.9*
-1.4
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.6
-1.8*
-2.3*
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.3
-1.6
-1.9*
 0.6
0.6
0.7
 -0.4
-1.7*
-2.1*
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -1.1
-1.1
-2.2*
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 2
0
0
RUA Survey MEN WOMEN Score
25-34 35-44 45-54 25-34 35-44 45-54
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SPA-CATa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 0.1
-0.6
-0.5
 0.5
0.4
0.5
 -0.3
-0.3
-0.5
 0.5
0.4
0.5
 -0.9
-0.1
-1.0
 0.5
0.4
0.5
 0.7
-0.7
0.0
 0.5
0.4
0.5
 -0.3
-0.5
-0.8
 0.5
0.5
0.4
 -1.3
1.0*
-0.3
 0.5
0.4
0.4
 2
1
2
SWE-GOTa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 -1.6
-0.9
-2.5*
 0.7
0.8
0.8
 0.2
0.4
0.6
 0.7
0.7
0.8
 0.9
-1.1
-0.2
 0.7
0.6
0.6
 -1.3
-0.1
-1.4
 0.7
0.7
0.7
 -1.0
0.3
-0.8
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.5
-0.8
-1.3
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 2
2
2
SWE-NSWa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 -0.7
0.7
-0.0
 0.8
0.8
0.7
 -0.5
-1.1
-1.6
 0.6
0.7
0.7
 -1.9
0.4
-1.5
 0.7
0.7
0.6
 -0.5
0.4
-0.0
 0.7
0.6
0.6
 -0.9
-0.0
-1.0
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.5
-0.5
-1.0
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 2
2
2
SWI-TICa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 1.0
-1.3
-0.3
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 1.3*
-1.3
0.1
 0.5
0.6
0.6
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 dnc
dnc
dnc
 0.3
-0.2
0.2
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0.0
-2.1*
-2.1*
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 1
1
1
SWI-VAFa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 -1.9*
2.3*
0.3
 0.7
0.7
0.7
 -0.0
0.2
0.2
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.8
0.9
0.1
 0.7
0.7
0.7
 0.0
0.1
0.1
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0.3
-0.4
-0.1
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0.2
-0.1
0.1
 0.7
0.7
0.7
 2
2
2
UNK-BELa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 0.6
0.9
1.5
 0.6
0.6
0.7
 -0.5
0.5
0.0
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.6
0.8
0.2
 0.5
0.6
0.5
 0.7
0.7
1.3
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 0.2
1.2*
1.4*
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 0.3
0.5
0.8*
 0.5
0.5
0.5
 2
1
0
UNK-GLAa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 -1.3
-0.4
-1.6
 0.9
0.8
0.9
 -1.1
0.4
-0.7
 0.7
0.6
0.6
 -1.4
0.9
-0.5
 0.7
0.6
0.7
 0.1
-0.3
-0.2
 0.7
0.6
0.7
 -1.3
0.9
-0.4
 0.7
0.6
0.6
 -0.6
-0.4
-1.0
 0.7
0.6
0.6
 2
2
2
USA-STAa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 0.7
-0.7
-0.0
 0.7
0.7
0.7
 0.6
-0.7
-0.1
 0.8
0.9
0.8
 0.6
-1.3
-0.6
 0.9
1.0
1.0
 0.7
-0.0
0.7
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.9
-1.3
-2.2
 0.8
0.7
0.8
 1.3
-1.3
0.0
 0.8
0.8
0.8
 2
2
2
YUG-NOSa Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 0.6
-0.3
0.3
 0.7
0.8
0.8
 0.9
-2.6*
-1.8
 0.7
0.8
0.7
 0.8
-1.3
-0.5
 0.6
0.7
0.7
 -0.7
0.1
-0.7
 0.6
0.6
0.7
 -0.9
-0.1
-1.0
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 -0.6
-0.1
-0.7
 0.6
0.6
0.6
 2
1
2
RUA Survey MEN WOMEN Score
25-34 35-44 45-54 25-34 35-44 45-54
change s.e. change s.e. change s.e. change s.e. change s.e. change s.e.
Total Ini-Mid
Mid-Fin
Ini-Fin
 -0.0
0.1
0.2
 0.1
0.1
0.1
 0.0
-0.2
-0.1
 0.1
0.1
0.1
 -0.3
-0.3
-0.4
 0.1
0.1
0.1
 0.2
-0.2
-0.0
 0.1
0.1
0.1
 -0.3
-0.2
-0.3
 0.1
0.1
0.1
 -0.4
-0.4
-0.7
 0.1
0.1
0.1


Key:
dnc = data not collected
* = significant change