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Z. Mei

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Z. Mei — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 45
Works: 100
Citations: 28K

Most-cited papers

2000 CDC Growth Charts for the United States: methods and development.
R. Kuczmarski, C. Ogden, Shu-Mei S. Guo, L. Grummer-Strawn +6 more
2002Vital and health statistics. Series 11, Data from the National Health Survey6,577 citations
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CDC growth charts; United States
R. Kuczmarski, C. Ogden, L. Grummer-Strawn, K. Flegal +6 more
20004,812 citations
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CDC GROWTH CHARTS FOR THE UNITED STATES: METHODS AND DEVELOPMENT 2000
R. Kuczmarski, C. Ogden, Shu-Mei S. Guo, L. M. Grummer Strawn +2 more
20023,392 citations
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 growth charts for the United States: improvements to the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics version.
C. Ogden, R. Kuczmarski, K. Flegal, Z. Mei +6 more
2002Pediatrics2,040 citations
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Cardiovascular risk factors and excess adiposity among overweight children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
D. S. Freedman, Z. Mei, S. Srinivasan, G. Berenson +1 more
2007Jornal de Pediatria1,687 citations
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Validity of body mass index compared with other body-composition screening indexes for the assessment of body fatness in children and adolescents.
Z. Mei, L. Grummer-Strawn, A. Pietrobelli, A. Goulding +2 more
2002American Journal of Clinical Nutrition1,032 citations Open access
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Identifying Risk for Obesity in Early Childhood
P. Nader, M. O'Brien, R. Houts, R. Bradley +5 more
2006Pediatrics792 citations
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Relation of BMI to fat and fat-free mass among children and adolescents
D. S. Freedman, J. Wang, L. M. Maynard, J. Thornton +4 more
2005International Journal of Obesity520 citations Open access
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Micronutrient deficiencies among preschool-aged children and women of reproductive age worldwide: a pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-representative surveys
G. Stevens, Ty Beal, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya, Hanqi Luo +30 more
2022Lancet Global Health484 citations Open access
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Does breastfeeding protect against pediatric overweight? Analysis of longitudinal data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System.
L. Grummer-Strawn, Z. Mei
2004Pediatrics457 citations Open access
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Adjusting ferritin concentrations for inflammation: Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project
S. Namaste, F. Rohner, Jin Huang, N. Bhushan +8 more
2017American Journal of Clinical Nutrition350 citations Open access
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Relation of body mass index and waist-to-height ratio to cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
D. S. Freedman, H. Kahn, Z. Mei, L. Grummer-Strawn +3 more
2007American Journal of Clinical Nutrition345 citations Open access
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Overweight Among Low-Income Preschool Children Associated With the Consumption of Sweet Drinks: Missouri, 1999–2002
J. Welsh, M. Cogswell, Sharmini Rogers, Helaine R. H. Rockett +2 more
2005Pediatrics327 citations Open access
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Increasing Prevalence of Overweight Among US Low-income Preschool Children: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance, 1983 to 1995
Z. Mei, K. Scanlon, L. Grummer-Strawn, D. S. Freedman +2 more
1998Pediatrics279 citations Open access
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Assessment of iron status in US pregnant women from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999-2006.
Z. Mei, M. Cogswell, A. Looker, C. Pfeiffer +3 more
2011American Journal of Clinical Nutrition245 citations Open access
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Standard deviation of anthropometric Z-scores as a data quality assessment tool using the 2006 WHO growth standards: a cross country analysis.
Z. Mei, L. Grummer-Strawn
2007Bulletin of the World Health Organization218 citations Open access
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Haemoglobin adjustments to define anaemia
K. Sullivan, Z. Mei, L. Grummer-Strawn, I. Parvanta
2008Tropical medicine & international health212 citations Open access
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Classification of Body Fatness by Body Mass Index–for-Age Categories Among Children
D. S. Freedman, Jack Wang, J. Thornton, Z. Mei +4 more
2009Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine191 citations Open access
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Shifts in percentiles of growth during early childhood: analysis of longitudinal data from the California Child Health and Development Study.
Z. Mei, L. Grummer-Strawn, Diane Thompson, W. Dietz
2004Pediatrics179 citations
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Methods and analyzers for hemoglobin measurement in clinical laboratories and field settings
Ralph D. Whitehead, Z. Mei, Carine Mapango, M. Jefferds
2019Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences174 citations Open access
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Assessment of iron status in settings of inflammation: challenges and potential approaches
P. Suchdev, Anne M. Williams, Z. Mei, R. Flores-Ayala +3 more
2017American Journal of Clinical Nutrition168 citations Open access
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Hemoglobin and ferritin are currently the most efficient indicators of population response to iron interventions: an analysis of nine randomized controlled trials.
Z. Mei, M. Cogswell, I. Parvanta, S. Lynch +3 more
2005Journal of NutriLife166 citations Open access
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Racial/ethnic Differences in Body Fatness Among Children and Adolescents
D. S. Freedman, Jack Wang, John C. Thornton, Z. Mei +3 more
2008Obesity152 citations Open access
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The prediction of body fatness by BMI and skinfold thicknesses among children and adolescents
D. S. Freedman, Jack Wang, C. Ogden, J. Thornton +4 more
2007Annals of Human Biology144 citations
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Iron, Anemia, and Iron Deficiency Anemia among Young Children in the United States
Priya M Gupta, C. Perrine, Z. Mei, K. Scanlon
2016Nutrients139 citations Open access
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The development of MUAC-for-age reference data recommended by a WHO Expert Committee.
M. de Onís, R. Yip, Z. Mei
1997Bulletin of the World Health Organization135 citations
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Physiologically based serum ferritin thresholds for iron deficiency in children and non-pregnant women: a US National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) serial cross-sectional study
Z. Mei, O. Addo, M. Jefferds, Andrea J. Sharma +2 more
2021The Lancet Haematology132 citations Open access
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Adjusting soluble transferrin receptor concentrations for inflammation: Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project
F. Rohner, S. Namaste, L. Larson, O. Addo +7 more
2017American Journal of Clinical Nutrition123 citations Open access
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Comparison of the prevalence of shortness, underweight, and overweight among US children aged 0 to 59 months by using the CDC 2000 and the WHO 2006 growth charts.
Z. Mei, C. Ogden, K. Flegal, L. Grummer-Strawn
2008Jornal de Pediatria121 citations
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Trends in state-specific prevalence of overweight and underweight in 2- through 4-year-old children from low-income families from 1989 through 2000.
B. Sherry, Z. Mei, K. Scanlon, A. Mokdad +1 more
2004Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine117 citations
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Iron status of toddlers, nonpregnant females, and pregnant females in the United States.
Priya M Gupta, H. Hamner, P. Suchdev, R. Flores-Ayala +1 more
2017American Journal of Clinical Nutrition115 citations Open access
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Height and adiposity among children.
D. S. Freedman, J. Thornton, Z. Mei, Jack Wang +3 more
2004Obesity Research101 citations
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Evidence of the effectiveness of flour fortification programs on iron status and anemia: a systematic review
H. Pachón, Rebecca Spohrer, Z. Mei, M. Serdula
2015Nutrition reviews99 citations Open access
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Unexplained decline in the prevalence of anemia among US children and women between 1988–1994 and 1999–2002
Sarah E. Cusick, Z. Mei, David S. Freedman, A. Looker +3 more
2008American Journal of Clinical Nutrition99 citations Open access
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Evaluation of an automated soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) assay on the Roche Hitachi analyzer and its comparison to two ELISA assays.
C. Pfeiffer, J. Cook, Z. Mei, M. Cogswell +2 more
2007Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry96 citations
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Do Skinfold Measurements Provide Additional Information to Body Mass Index in the Assessment of Body Fatness Among Children and Adolescents?
Z. Mei, L. Grummer-Strawn, Jack Wang, J. Thornton +4 more
2007Pediatrics95 citations
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Does overweight in infancy persist through the preschool years? An analysis of CDC Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System data
Z. Mei, L. Grummer-Strawn, K. Scanlon
2003Sozial- und Präventivmedizin/Social and Preventive Medicine85 citations
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Micronutrient supplementation and pregnancy outcomes: double-blind randomized controlled trial in China.
Jian-Meng Liu, Z. Mei, R. Ye, M. Serdula +2 more
2013JAMA Internal Medicine84 citations Open access
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Reexamination of hemoglobin adjustments to define anemia: altitude and smoking
Andrea J. Sharma, O. Addo, Z. Mei, P. Suchdev
2019Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences76 citations Open access
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Relation of childhood height to obesity among adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study .
D. S. Freedman, L. K. Khan, Z. Mei, W. Dietz +2 more
2002Pediatrics76 citations
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Continuation of the Decline in Prevalence of Anemia in Low-Income Infants and Children in Five States
B. Sherry, Z. Mei, R. Yip
2001Pediatrics68 citations
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Adjusting total body iron for inflammation: Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project
Z. Mei, S. Namaste, M. Serdula, P. Suchdev +4 more
2017American Journal of Clinical Nutrition61 citations Open access
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Evaluation of and recommendations for growth references for very low birth weight (< or =1500 grams) infants in the United States.
B. Sherry, Z. Mei, L. Grummer-Strawn, W. Dietz
2003Pediatrics60 citations
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The development of a MUAC-for-height reference, including a comparison to other nutritional status screening indicators.
Z. Mei, Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn, M. de Onís, R. Yip
1997Bulletin of the World Health Organization52 citations
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Micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy and the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension: A randomized clinical trial
Sen Chen, Nan Li, Z. Mei, R. Ye +3 more
2018Clinical Nutrition48 citations Open access
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Factors associated with anaemia among adolescent boys and girls 10–19 years old in Nepal
N. Ford, R. Bichha, K. Parajuli, Naveen Paudyal +8 more
2020Maternal and Child Nutrition41 citations Open access
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Iron Deficiency in the United States: Limitations in Guidelines, Data, and Monitoring of Disparities.
M. Jefferds, Z. Mei, Y. Addo, H. Hamner +4 more
2022American Journal of Public Health39 citations Open access
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Serum soluble transferrin receptor concentrations in US preschool children and non‐pregnant women of childbearing age from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003–2008
Z. Mei, C. M. Pfeiffer, A. Looker, R. Flores-Ayala +3 more
2012Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry37 citations
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Consumption of Sweet Drinks: Missouri, 1999-2002 Overweight Among Low-Income Preschool Children Associated With the
L. Grummer-Strawn, J. Welsh, M. Cogswell, Sharmini Rogers +2 more
200935 citations
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Development of a research child growth reference and its comparison with the current international growth reference.
Z. Mei, R. Yip, L. Grummer-Strawn, F. L. Trowbridge
1998Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine35 citations
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