Varga I, Toth F, Uhrinova A, Nescakova E, Pospisilova V, Polak S
Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Bratisl Lek Listy. 2009;110(6):354-7.
Gypsy population represents a specific minority in Slovakia that differs from the majority population by its origin and genetic markers, as well as by generally lower social and economic status and lower hygienic standards of living. The aim of the present work is the analysis of anthropometric dimensions and indexes, as well as of thymus size, in the group of Gypsy and non-Gypsy newborns from the Southern Slovakia. Our group of 212 physiological newborns consisted of 33 Gypsy and 179 non-Gypsy newborns. All newborns were underwent anthropometric examination and their thymus size was assessed by ultrasonography and calculated as so-called Thymic Index". Gypsy newborns show statistically significant lower anthropometric dimensions (birth weight and birth body length, head and chest circumference) when compared to non-Gypsy newborns, however, they do not differ in the values of nutritional status indicators (arm circumference, Quételet index and Rohrer index). They do not differ even in the thymus size that can be regarded as a "barometer" of the nutrition and of some negative stimuli. In spite of generally deficient nutrition and lower health status of the Gypsy minority in Slovakia, we did not find any significant differences in the indicators of nutritional status or in thymus size (Tab. 2, Ref. 34).
吉普赛人群是斯洛伐克的一个特殊少数民族，在起源、基因标记方面与主体民族不同，且社会经济地位普遍较低，生活卫生标准也较低。本研究的目的是分析斯洛伐克南部吉普赛和非吉普赛新生儿群体的人体测量维度和指数，以及胸腺大小。我们的212名生理性新生儿群体包括33名吉普赛新生儿和179名非吉普赛新生儿。所有新生儿均接受了人体测量检查，并通过超声评估其胸腺大小，计算所谓的“胸腺指数”。与非吉普赛新生儿相比，吉普赛新生儿的人体测量维度（出生体重、出生身长、头围和胸围）在统计学上显著较低，然而，他们在营养状况指标（上臂围、克托莱指数和罗勒指数）的值上并无差异。他们在胸腺大小方面也没有差异，胸腺大小可被视为营养和某些负面刺激的“晴雨表”。尽管斯洛伐克的吉普赛少数民族总体营养不足且健康状况较差，但我们并未发现营养状况指标或胸腺大小存在任何显著差异（表2，参考文献34）。
