Zurlo de Mirotti S M, Lesa A M, Barrón de Carbonetti M, Roitter H
Centro Universitario de Atención del Adolescente.
Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 1995;53 Suppl:17-22.
The aim of the survey was to assess the anthropometric evolution of height, weight and total body water 1 year prior and until 1 year after the menarche in a higher middle level scholar adolescents group from a double-time secondary school belonging to Cordoba National University. A longitudinal study of 48 adolescents was performed. The control was made every six months and at the time of menarche, Twuenty anthropometric variables were relieved from which height and weight were used, the total body water (TBW) was determined by Mellits and Cheek equation and biological maturation was assessed according to Tanner criteria. Height and weight, and total body water increase pre- and post-menarche was determined, with +/- 1SD, as well as the average of studied variables +/- 1 SD. Height and weight increase was of 7.813 cm (+/-1.61) and 7.488 Kg(+/-2.3) respectively 12 months prior menarche, with a major speed in the first semester. After menarche, in the following months, height as much as weight increase, more the former than the latter, but there is less increase than in the year previously to menarche. The increase in the 12 posterior months has an average of 3.48 cm(+/-1.18) for height and 2,524 Kg(+/-1.90) for weight, with a major speed in the first semester. Likewise, the total body water decrease as an index of the body fat and is inversely correlated with the increase of weight in fat. We conclude that these results are perfectly correlated with the studied biological phenomenon, according to patterns described by other authors in other countries with different racial features. The onset of menarche is a good parameter to predict, rather approximately, without using another estimates, the final height in a girl.
该调查旨在评估科尔多瓦国立大学附属一所全日制中学的高中学生组中，初潮前1年直至初潮后1年身高、体重和总体水的人体测量学变化情况。对48名青少年进行了纵向研究。每六个月进行一次测量，并在初潮时进行测量。记录了20项人体测量变量，其中使用了身高和体重，通过梅利茨和奇克方程测定总体水（TBW），并根据坦纳标准评估生物成熟度。测定了初潮前后身高、体重和总体水的增加情况，以±1标准差表示，以及所研究变量的平均值±1标准差。初潮前12个月，身高增加7.813厘米（±1.61），体重增加7.488千克（±2.3），第一学期增速更快。初潮后，在接下来的几个月里，身高和体重均增加，前者增加幅度大于后者，但增加幅度小于初潮前一年。初潮后12个月，身高平均增加3.48厘米（±1.18），体重增加2.524千克（±1.90），第一学期增速更快。同样，总体水减少作为身体脂肪的一个指标，与体脂重量的增加呈负相关。我们得出结论，根据其他国家其他作者描述的不同种族特征的模式，这些结果与所研究的生物学现象完全相关。初潮的开始是一个很好的参数，可以在不使用其他估计方法的情况下，大致预测女孩的最终身高。
