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Using theLMS Method with lmsChartMaker and lmsGrowth Sanja Stanojevic UCL Institute of Child Health Growth Charts: Centiles Centile reference charts are used in medicine to observe clinical measurements on individual patients in the context of population values If the subject’s centile value is atypical (e.g. below the 3rd, above the 97th or outside ± 2 SDS) this may indicate an underlying pathological condition Centiles can also be used to track an individual’s measurements over time LMS Reference centile curves show the distribution of a measurement (e.g. height, weight etc.) as it changes