The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of MedicineTechnion - Israel Institute of Technology, 9 Efron Street, Haifa 31096, Israel
Eur J Endocrinol. 2016 Feb;174(2):R65-70. doi: 10.1530/EJE-15-0673. Epub 2015 Sep 28.
In an attempt to overcome ethnic and racial differences in skeletal maturation, the use of ethnic-specific standards has been suggested. Do we need such standards? Based on a fundamental understanding of phenotypic plasticity and an individual's ability to respond to environmental cues, the author argues that we do not need ethnic-specific standards for bone maturity. I suggest that we use a unified international standard of bone maturity for comparing the health, nutrition, and quality of life of all children, regardless of their race, nationality, and ethnicity.
为了克服骨骼成熟度方面的种族和民族差异，有人建议使用特定种族的标准。我们是否需要这样的标准？基于对表型可塑性和个体对环境线索反应能力的基本理解，作者认为我们不需要针对骨骼成熟度的特定种族标准。我建议我们使用统一的国际骨骼成熟度标准来比较所有儿童的健康、营养和生活质量，无论他们的种族、国籍和民族如何。
