Haboubi Ghalib J, Shaikh Rizwana B
Department of Community Medicine, Gulf Medical College, Ajman, UAE.
Indian J Community Med. 2009 Apr;34(2):108-11. doi: 10.4103/0970-0218.51230.
To assess the nutritional status of adolescents of Indian origin living in India and the United Arab Emirates to see how variable the prevalence is of stunting and wasting among adolescents of the same ethnic background living in different socio-economic and demographic environments.
A cross-sectional survey.
Schools in South India and the United Arab Emirates.
A total of 2459 adolescent boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 16 years old.
Anthropometric measurements from 2459 adolescents between the ages of 10-16 years old, 1200 from India and 1259 from UAE, were collected. The subjects were divided into six age groups with 1-year intervals. Adolescents falling below the age and gender-specific 5(th) percentile and 3(rd) percentile of the WHO recommended standards were defined as having thinness and stunting accordingly. Regardless of gender, the rate of stunting was higher in Indian adolescents from India (25.5-51%) when compared with Indian adolescents in UAE (3.1-21%). Thinness was also more in those in India (42-75.4%). When compared with adolescents living in the UAE (4.5-14.4%). The study was done in two groups having a common ethnicity but living in different socio-economic environments. With the results of this study, we can say that improved economic conditions favor better expression of genetic potential for physical growth.
评估生活在印度和阿拉伯联合酋长国的印度裔青少年的营养状况，以了解在不同社会经济和人口环境中，具有相同种族背景的青少年中发育迟缓及消瘦的患病率差异情况。
横断面调查。
印度南部和阿拉伯联合酋长国的学校。
共有2459名年龄在10至16岁之间的青少年男孩和女孩。
收集了2459名10至16岁青少年的人体测量数据，其中1200名来自印度，1259名来自阿联酋。将受试者按年龄分为六个组，每组间隔1岁。低于世界卫生组织推荐标准中年龄和性别特定的第5百分位数和第3百分位数的青少年分别被定义为消瘦和发育迟缓。无论性别如何，与阿联酋的印度裔青少年（3.1%-21%）相比，印度本土的印度裔青少年发育迟缓率更高（25.5%-51%）。印度青少年的消瘦率也更高（42%-75.4%），相比之下，阿联酋青少年的消瘦率为4.5%-14.4%。该研究针对两组具有相同种族但生活在不同社会经济环境中的青少年进行。基于本研究结果，我们可以说经济条件的改善有利于身体生长遗传潜力的更好发挥。
