Senbanjo I O, Njokanma O F, Oshikoya K A
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Nigeria.
Ann Nutr Metab. 2009;54(2):145-50. doi: 10.1159/000214833. Epub 2009 Apr 22.
This study aimed to determine the waist circumference (WC) of apparently healthy Nigerian children and adolescents and to compare the obtained values with available data for children from other parts of the world.
A representative sample of children from 7 schools in Abeokuta, a state capital in South West Nigeria, was selected using the multi-staged random sampling technique. The sample population consisted of 570 children with ages ranging from 5 to 19 years.
WC increased with age in both sexes. The mean value of WC of children aged 5-9 years was about the same in both sexes (p = 0.113). However, in children older than 9 years, females had higher WCs than males (p = 0.000). Comparison of the 50th percentile WC of Nigerian children with that of American and Spanish children showed that both Nigerian male and female children had the lowest WC values. However, the values were similar to British male children up to 9 years and female children up to 14 years.
The WC value varied with age, sex and race. These data are expected to serve as a baseline against which future data can be compared.
本研究旨在确定表面健康的尼日利亚儿童和青少年的腰围（WC），并将所得数值与世界其他地区儿童的现有数据进行比较。
采用多阶段随机抽样技术，从尼日利亚西南部州首府阿贝奥库塔的7所学校选取具有代表性的儿童样本。样本群体由570名年龄在5至19岁之间的儿童组成。
男女两性的腰围均随年龄增长。5至9岁儿童的腰围均值在两性中大致相同（p = 0.113）。然而，在9岁以上的儿童中，女性的腰围高于男性（p = 0.000）。将尼日利亚儿童的第50百分位数腰围与美国和西班牙儿童的进行比较，结果显示尼日利亚男女儿童的腰围值均最低。不过，在9岁之前，尼日利亚男童的腰围值与英国男童相似；在14岁之前，尼日利亚女童的腰围值与英国女童相似。
腰围值随年龄、性别和种族而变化。这些数据有望作为未来数据比较的基线。
