Nebigil I, Hizel S, Tanyer G, Dallar Y, Coskun T
Ministry of Health Ankara State Hospital Department of Paediatrics, Altindag, Turkey.
J Trop Pediatr. 1997 Oct;43(5):297-303. doi: 10.1093/tropej/43.5.297.
A cross-sectional anthropometric survey was carried out in a low socio-economic and high socio-economic region of Ankara, Turkey, to measure the weights and heights of school children. The study group consisted of 5289 children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. Both boys and girls from the high socio-economic group had superior body measurements compared to those of the low socio-economic group. The difference between the mean weight for age values of two groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05), whereas no statistically significant difference was found on the basis of height for age values among all age groups. To make a comparison both with National Centre for Health Statistics and World Health Organisation (NCHS-WHO) standards and Turkish standards we used the data from high socio-economic group only. Our results showed that the mean height and weight values of boys and girls were higher than the 50th centile height and weight values of NCHS-WHO standards. Almost 25 years have passed since the measurements of Turkish standards were taken. The height differences were in the range of 0.24-1.51 cm/decade, with a mean value of 0.96 cm/ decade. These results led us to conclude that, local/regional standards for height and weight are needed, and repeated assessments are useful for follow-up of populations.
在土耳其安卡拉的一个社会经济水平较低和一个社会经济水平较高的地区开展了一项横断面人体测量调查，以测量学童的体重和身高。研究组由5289名5至11岁的儿童组成。与社会经济水平较低组的儿童相比，社会经济水平较高组的男孩和女孩的身体测量数据更优。两组年龄别平均体重之间的差异具有统计学意义（P < 0.05），而在所有年龄组中，年龄别身高值方面未发现统计学上的显著差异。为了与美国国家卫生统计中心和世界卫生组织（NCHS-WHO）标准以及土耳其标准进行比较，我们仅使用了社会经济水平较高组的数据。我们的结果表明，男孩和女孩的平均身高和体重值高于NCHS-WHO标准的第50百分位身高和体重值。自采用土耳其标准测量以来，已经过去了近25年。身高差异在0.24 - 1.51厘米/十年之间，平均值为0.96厘米/十年。这些结果使我们得出结论，需要制定当地/区域的身高和体重标准，并且重复评估对于人群随访是有用的。
