A 43-year-old female asked:
child height predictor based on parents and grandparents?
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Dr. Nela Corderoanswered
Pediatrics 54 years experience
TALL STATURE: You can predict the child to be tall if parents, grandparents and other relatives are tall. The percentile will also show the development as the child grows.
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Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
Simple measures: Expected height from parent stature is equal to the average parent height (m+d/2) + 2.5 inches for males, -2.5 in for girls.Grandparent height is not used but may point to variations in accuracy of the method. This is only a basic predicted height. Some very tall or very short people come from normal sized parents, & a life's medical & nutritional issues can slow the growth of anyone.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Can two short parents have an average height child?
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Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
Possible: The expected height of kids would be average parental height + 2.5 inch for boys and -2.5in for girls. If either or both parents have genetic material on board from their families that should have made them taller, there is some chance that a taller child could be produced. Often the eventual stature of kids can be predicted in mid childhood using their bone maturity and pattern of growth.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
What is the rule for predicting height of a child based on parents?
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Dr. Evelyn Hurvitzanswered
Pediatrics 37 years experience
None: Typically a child's adult height will be somewhere between those of his parents.
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