Ayatollahi S M T, Pourahmad S
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 71345 Iran.
Am J Hum Biol. 2006 Nov-Dec;18(6):838-40. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.20550.
This paper aims at presenting updated growth reference data for height and weight of 2,397 healthy schoolchildren (1,268 boys and 1,129 girls) aged 6.5-11.5 years in Shiraz (Iran), using a multistage sampling scheme. Our schoolchildren are now significantly taller and heavier for their age than their peers born 15 years earlier. However, the statistical models for estimating age-related centiles were consistent. A comparison of our current data with Centers for Disease Control growth charts for 2000 show that our height and weight medians correspond almost to the 40th centile of the latter, indicating less of a deficit than the previous growth study in Shiraz. We conclude that it is more realistic to use local growth standards for clinical work in Iran, which should be updated periodically.
本文旨在采用多阶段抽样方案，呈现设拉子（伊朗）2397名6.5至11.5岁健康学童（1268名男孩和1129名女孩）身高和体重的最新生长参考数据。我们的学童现在在同龄人中，就年龄而言，明显比15年前出生的同龄人更高更重。然而，用于估计年龄相关百分位数的统计模型是一致的。将我们目前的数据与2000年疾病控制中心的生长图表进行比较，结果表明我们的身高和体重中位数几乎相当于后者的第40百分位数，这表明与设拉子之前的生长研究相比，差距较小。我们得出结论，在伊朗的临床工作中使用当地生长标准更为现实，并且这些标准应定期更新。
