Kidd Kacie M, Sequeira Gina M, Dhar Cherie Priya, Montano Gerald T, Witchel Selma Feldman, Rofey Dana
Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Health, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Transgend Health. 2019 Oct 29;4(1):297-299. doi: 10.1089/trgh.2019.0016. eCollection 2019.
Body mass index (BMI) is defined as weight (kg)/height (m). Differences in BMI percentiles between sexes confound the diagnosis of weight-related disorders in transgender youth because choosing the appropriate chart is challenging. Data on BMI measures are needed for transgender youth, but there are no guidelines on how to collect or report this data. We use two theoretical cases to assert that health care providers and researchers should consider use of both male and female growth charts for transgender youth, particularly for individuals at the extremes of weight.
体重指数（BMI）定义为体重（千克）除以身高（米）。由于选择合适的图表具有挑战性，跨性别青少年中性别之间BMI百分位数的差异会混淆与体重相关疾病的诊断。跨性别青少年需要BMI测量数据，但对于如何收集或报告这些数据没有指导方针。我们通过两个理论案例来主张，医疗保健提供者和研究人员应该考虑为跨性别青少年同时使用男性和女性生长图表，特别是对于体重处于极端情况的个体。
