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Program
Swedish Growth Charts - Karlberg et al 1976
Date of support information
2000-06-29
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Topic
List of patient data variables
   

Introduction
The growht chart object contains a number of predefined patient data fields that is used to "communicate" patient data to the growth chart. Use the code in the example to set any of these variables.

Syntax PatientData.Field['Name of field']
     

Patient Record
Complete once per patient. Fields in bold are mandatory.

Name of field
Field type Description
ID String ID of the child. Normally the Swedish Personnummer, but no controls are applied to this field. For display purposes only.
FirstName String First name of the child. Displayed on the upper part of the growth chart.
SurName String Surname of the child. Displayed on the upper part of the growth chart.
BirthDate Date Date of birth.
Sex String Just a text string giving the sex of the patient. Used to display the sex on the growth chart, so it should be in the local language. Example "Male" and "Female" or "Pojke" and "Flicka".
IsMale Boolean Important variable which determines the layout and references of the graph.
FathersHeight Float Father's height in cm
MothersHeight Float Mother's height in cm
TargetHeight Float Not used. Target height. This is a calculated variable that is optional.
Menarche Date [Female only] Date of menarche.  
PubStage2Date Date Date when pubertal stage 2 was reached. Birth date is needed to calculate the age.
PubStage3Date Date Date when pubertal stage 3 was reached. Birth date is needed to calculate the age.
PubStage4Date Date Date when pubertal stage 4 was reached. Birth date is needed to calculate the age.
PubStage5Date Date Date when pubertal stage 5 was reached. Birth date is needed to calculate the age.
BGStage2Date Date Date when breast (male) or genital (female) stage 2 was reached. Birth date is needed to calculate the age.
BGStage3Date Date Date when breast (male) or genital (female) stage 3 was reached. Birth date is needed to calculate the age.
BGStage4Date Date Date when breast (male) or genital (female) stage 4 was reached. Birth date is needed to calculate the age.
BGStage5Date Date Date when breast (male) or genital (female) stage 5 was reached. Birth date is needed to calculate the age.
     

Visit Record
Complete one of these records per visit. Fields in bold are mandatory.

Name of field Field type Description
DateVisit Date Date of visit. Only used to display dates in the data tables.
Height Float Height in centimeter at this date.
Weight Float Weight in centimeter at this date.
HeadCirc Float HeadCirc in centimeter at this date.