A microservice for computing z-scores for children and adolescents using the WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards, the WHO 2007 Growth Reference, and the CDC 2000 Growth Charts. A z-score-to-percentile converter is also provided.

See the usage guide for instructions on how to run this microservice on your computer.

All statistical routines are provided by the C# Anthstat statistical library.

Z-scores for the following indicators can be computed using the WHO 2006 Growth Standard:

• Length/height-for-age
• Weight-for-age
• Weight-for-length/height
• Body mass index-for-age
• Head circumference-for-age
• Arm circumference-for-age
• Subscapular skinfold-for-age
• Triceps skinfold-for-age

Z-scores for the following indicators can be computed using the WHO 2007 Growth Reference:

• Body mass index-for-age (61 to 228 months)
• Height-for-age (61 to 228 months)
• Weight-for-age (61 to 120 months)

Z-scores for the following indicators can be computed using the CDC 2000 Growth Charts:

• Body mass index-for-age
• Length/Height-for-age
• Weight-for-age
• Weight-for-length/height
• Head circumference-for-age

For more information and further documentation:

• WHO 2006 Growth Standards: http://www.who.int/childgrowth/en/
• WHO 2007 Growth Reference: http://www.who.int/growthref/en/
• CDC 2000 Growth Charts: https://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/index.htm
• AnthStat open source statistics library: https://github.com/erik1066/anthstat-statistics

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