Meguid N A, El-Kotoury A I S, Abdel-Salam G M H, El-Ruby M O, Afifi H H
Department of Research on Children with Special Needs, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
East Mediterr Health J. 2004 Jan-Mar;10(1-2):106-15.
A study established growth and growth velocity curves for weight, length and head circumference in 350 Egyptian Down syndrome children (188 males and 162 females) from 0-36 months. Down syndrome children had poorer growth variables than normal healthy children through the first 3 years of life. Down syndrome children with associated congenital heart disease (90 cases) had significantly lower weight, especially in girls, compared with those without heart disease. In the first 2 years, growth velocity for weight and head circumference were higher in Down syndrome females than males, while growth velocity for length was higher in males. Down syndrome boys had slightly higher velocity of length than normal children in the first 3 years of life.
一项研究为350名0至36个月大的埃及唐氏综合征儿童（188名男性和162名女性）建立了体重、身长和头围的生长及生长速度曲线。在生命的前3年，唐氏综合征儿童的生长变量比正常健康儿童差。患有先天性心脏病的唐氏综合征儿童（90例）与无心脏病的儿童相比，体重明显更低，尤其是女孩。在头两年，唐氏综合征女性的体重和头围生长速度高于男性，而男性的身长生长速度更高。唐氏综合征男孩在生命的前3年身长速度略高于正常儿童。
