Fig. 1

Weight-for-age chart for a male infant with Down syndrome (Birth to 6 months). Legend: The infant’s weight-for-age is plotted using black circles on growth curves for male children with Down syndrome from birth to 36 months of age. Contemporary growth curve is indicated by the solid line; previous published growth curves are indicated by a dotted line [18] and dashed line [19]. Growth curve chart is reproduced with permission from Dr. Babette Zemel [20]