Peter Raphael Simon, Fromm Ella, Klenk Jochen, Concin Hans, Nagel Gabriele
Agency for Preventive and Social Medicine, Bregenz, Austria; Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Am J Hum Biol. 2014 Sep-Oct;26(5):690-6. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22582. Epub 2014 Jun 25.
To quantify changes in height, weight and their compound effect on the body mass index (BMI) in a large cohort of Central-European men and women.
The Vorarlberg health monitoring and prevention program (VHM&PP) is a population-based risk factor surveillance program in Vorarlberg. Data of health examinations during January 1985 to June 2005 were available including 714,181 height and weight measurements in 185,192 persons (53.9% women). We estimated yearly percentage change of anthropometric parameters over the age range from 20 to 85 years within intervals of 5 years.
We found that weight increased until the age of 70 years (from the age of 20 years: +24.8% in men and +27.6% in women), with the highest increase in men aged 20-25 years (1.07% per year). Height was shown to decrease starting from the age group 45-50 years. This decrease accelerated with age, and was more pronounced in women than in men.
Weight is strongly related to aging. In older individuals height loss affects BMI and masks weight loss to some degree.
量化一大群中欧男性和女性的身高、体重变化及其对体重指数（BMI）的综合影响。
福拉尔贝格州健康监测与预防项目（VHM&PP）是福拉尔贝格州一项基于人群的风险因素监测项目。可获取1985年1月至2005年6月期间的健康检查数据，包括185,192人（53.9%为女性）的714,181次身高和体重测量数据。我们估计了20至85岁年龄段内每5年间隔的人体测量参数的年变化百分比。
我们发现，体重在70岁之前增加（从20岁起：男性增加24.8%，女性增加27.6%），20 - 25岁男性体重增加最多（每年1.07%）。身高从45 - 50岁年龄组开始下降。这种下降随着年龄增长而加速，且在女性中比在男性中更明显。
体重与衰老密切相关。在老年人中，身高降低会影响BMI，并在一定程度上掩盖体重减轻的情况。
