Paul A A, Cole T J, Ahmed E A, Whitehead R G
Medical Research Council Dunn Nutrition Centre, Cambridge.
Arch Dis Child. 1998 Apr;78(4):354-8. doi: 10.1136/adc.78.4.354.
Skinfold standards provide a useful indication of subcutaneous fat. To evaluate skinfold thickness of 252 Cambridge infants over the first 2 years of age, SD scores relative to the Tanner standards were calculated, taking account of skewness in the standards. Cambridge SD scores were low, varying according to age from -1.2 to -1.8 for triceps and -0.6 to -1.2 for subscapular skinfolds. The Tanner skinfold standards were last revised 30 years ago, at a time of high prevalence of infantile obesity, and the present and other studies indicate that infants are now thinner. There is a need for new skinfold standards to reflect this change. Since the Cambridge infants contributed to the recent British height and weight references, it is suggested that their skinfold measurements could also serve as reference points.
皮褶标准能有效反映皮下脂肪情况。为评估252名剑桥婴儿在两岁前的皮褶厚度，计算了相对于坦纳标准的标准差分数，并考虑了标准中的偏态性。剑桥婴儿的标准差分数较低，肱三头肌皮褶厚度的标准差分数随年龄从-1.2到-1.8不等，肩胛下皮褶厚度的标准差分数从-0.6到-1.2不等。坦纳皮褶标准最后一次修订是在30年前，当时婴儿肥胖症患病率较高，而目前及其他研究表明，现在的婴儿更瘦了。因此需要新的皮褶标准来反映这一变化。鉴于剑桥婴儿的数据被纳入了近期英国的身高和体重参考标准，有人建议他们的皮褶测量数据也可作为参考点。
