Chatterjee S, Mandal A
Department of Physiology, Calcutta University, University Colleges of Science & Technology.
Indian J Med Res. 1994 Apr;99:184-91.
A cross-sectional anthropometric survey on 629 healthy boys (9-18 yr) of the lower and middle class families of Hooghly district of rural West Bengal was undertaken to study the growth pattern of boys of this population. Maximum gain in height and weight of boys was attained at 13-15 yr of age, as has been reported earlier for boys of Calcutta; other anthropometric measurements followed almost similar pattern. The boys of the present study were superior in physique to south Indian boys, boys of rural Udaipur, Lucknow and of those reported by ICMR. They are also found to be taller than the boys of West Bengal studied (longitudinal) between 1952-1966. The Bengalee girls of the same area of West Bengal showed an accelerated growth up to the age of 13 or 14 (for height and weight respectively) than the boys of comparable age but the reverse was observed at the age of 14 or 15. Boys of the present study were shorter and lighter than well-to-do Indian, American and British counterparts.
对西孟加拉邦农村胡格利区中低收入家庭的629名健康男孩（9 - 18岁）进行了横断面人体测量调查，以研究该人群男孩的生长模式。男孩身高和体重的最大增幅出现在13 - 15岁，这与之前报道的加尔各答男孩情况相同；其他人体测量指标也遵循几乎相似的模式。本研究中的男孩在体格上优于南印度男孩、乌代布尔农村男孩、勒克瑙男孩以及印度医学研究理事会报告的男孩。还发现他们比1952 - 1966年间（纵向）研究的西孟加拉邦男孩更高。西孟加拉邦同一地区的孟加拉族女孩在13岁或14岁之前（分别针对身高和体重）比同龄男孩生长加速，但在14岁或15岁时情况相反。本研究中的男孩比富裕的印度、美国和英国同龄人更矮更轻。
