Kirchengast Sylvia, Bauer Margit
Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Coll Antropol. 2007 Jun;31(2):419-25.
In the present study the menarcheal status (pre-or postmenarcheal), body composition, weight status, and socioeconomic parameters such as type of school and parental educational level as of 1752 female adolescents ageing between 12 and 18 years (x = 14.6) from rural areas of Eastern Austria were documented. Furthermore the association patterns between body composition, socioeconomic parameters and menarcheal status were analyzed. It turned out, that body composition parameters such as BMI, lean body mass and absolute and relative fat mass were significantly associated with menarcheal status. Postmenarcheal girls were taller and exhibited a higher weight status, a higher absolute and relative amount of fat mass and a higher amount of lean body mass than their premenarcheal counterparts of the same age. In contrast to the significant association between body composition and menarcheal status, no significant impact of educational level on menarcheal status, indicating socioeconomic status could be documented.
在本研究中，记录了来自奥地利东部农村地区的1752名年龄在12至18岁（平均年龄x = 14.6岁）的女性青少年的初潮状态（初潮前或初潮后）、身体组成、体重状况以及社会经济参数，如学校类型和父母教育水平。此外，还分析了身体组成、社会经济参数与初潮状态之间的关联模式。结果表明，身体组成参数，如体重指数（BMI）、瘦体重以及绝对和相对脂肪量，与初潮状态显著相关。与同年龄的初潮前女孩相比，初潮后的女孩更高，体重状况更好，绝对和相对脂肪量更高，瘦体重也更多。与身体组成和初潮状态之间的显著关联相反，未发现教育水平对初潮状态有显著影响，这表明社会经济地位可能是有记录的。
