Zivicnjak Miroslav, Narancić Nina Smolej, Szirovicza Lajos, Franke Doris, Hrenović Jasna, Bisof Vesna
Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia.
Coll Antropol. 2003 Jun;27(1):321-34.
In a cross-sectional study of growth, 5,155 children (2,591 females, 2,564 males) from the town of Zagreb (Croatia) were measured. Four traits of linear dimensionality (stature, sitting height, arm and leg lengths) were studied in the age span of 3 to 18 years. A significant average annual increase of all four anthropometric parameters were observed up to 14 and 15 years of age in girls and 16 years of age in boys, showing that girls had a shorter growing period. In the prepubertal period until 9 years of age, gender differences were negligible. At the age of 10, boys were overgrown by girls in all parameters due to the earlier onset of puberty in girls. The growth gains for girls, when compared with those for boys, show a different pattern across variables. The female growth advantage remained in a two years period for the limbs length, but in a three year period for stature and the longest, for 4 years, for sitting height. The male predominance in size had an onset at the age of 13 for the limbs and in the age of 14 for stature and sitting height. The patterns of sexual dimorphism in stature and sitting height during growing years are similar to those observed in other populations of Europe. Growth of Croatian children and youth is very similar to that of the tallest European populations.
在一项关于生长发育的横断面研究中，对来自萨格勒布市（克罗地亚）的5155名儿童（2591名女性，2564名男性）进行了测量。研究了3至18岁年龄段线性维度的四个特征（身高、坐高、手臂长度和腿长）。观察到所有四项人体测量参数在女孩14至15岁、男孩16岁之前均有显著的年平均增长，表明女孩的生长期较短。在9岁之前的青春期前阶段，性别差异可以忽略不计。10岁时，由于女孩青春期开始较早，男孩在所有参数上都比女孩长得高。与男孩相比，女孩的生长增量在不同变量上呈现出不同的模式。女性在四肢长度方面的生长优势持续两年，在身高方面持续三年，在坐高方面持续时间最长，为四年。男性在体型上的优势在四肢方面始于13岁，在身高和坐高方面始于14岁。生长期间身高和坐高的两性差异模式与在欧洲其他人群中观察到的相似。克罗地亚儿童和青少年的生长情况与欧洲最高人群非常相似。
