Akram D S, Agboatwala M
Department of Pediatrics, Dow Medical College, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Indian J Pediatr. 1991 Nov-Dec;58(6):825-32. doi: 10.1007/BF02825444.
A longitudinal study to determine anthropometric measurements was done in 1100 Pakistani children. They were selectively chosen from a high socioeconomic back-ground to eliminate factors of malnutrition and poor environmental sanitation. Measurements were compared with NCHS standards. Results indicate weight and length curves of the study group duplicating NCHS standards at all centiles. However the OFC measurements show a slight deviation whereby both the 50th and 90th centile are above NCHS standards. These results emphasise that differences between South Asian and Western standards of growth which are usually cited, are due to malnutrition, repeated infections etc. Once these biases are removed, South Asian children grow as well as their Western counterparts.
对1100名巴基斯坦儿童进行了一项纵向研究以确定人体测量数据。他们是从高社会经济背景中选择性挑选出来的，以消除营养不良和环境卫生差等因素。测量结果与美国国家卫生统计中心（NCHS）的标准进行了比较。结果表明，研究组的体重和身长曲线在所有百分位数上都与NCHS标准相符。然而，头围测量显示出轻微偏差，第50和第90百分位数均高于NCHS标准。这些结果强调，通常所说的南亚和西方生长标准之间的差异是由于营养不良、反复感染等原因造成的。一旦消除这些偏差，南亚儿童的生长情况与西方儿童一样好。
