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亚马逊学生的营养状况和初经年龄
Kettyuscia Coelho E Oliveira1, José Cardoso Neto2, Davi C Aragon3
1Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEA), Departamento de Clínica Médica, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Pediatria, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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概括
过重与亚马逊学生初潮 (MA) 的早期年龄有关,不论其社会经济地位或种族. 这一发现突显了营养状况对青少年发育的影响.
科学领域:
- 儿科内分泌学 儿科内分泌学
- 公共卫生 营养 公共卫生 营养
- 人类成长和发展 人类成长和发展
背景情况:
- 初潮时的年龄 (MA) 作为生物成熟的指标,反映了社会经济变化.
- 在全球范围内,初经的时间受到营养变化和体重过重的增加率的影响.
- 了解MA变异对于评估青少年健康和发育趋势至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在亚马逊地区的学生中调查初潮 (MA) 的年龄.
- 分析MA与营养状况 (BMI),种族和社会经济水平之间的关联.
- 在这个人群中识别早期或延迟初潮的潜在风险因素.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项横截面研究,涉及巴西马纳乌斯的1,017名年龄在6~17岁的学生.
- 使用当前状态和回忆方法评估初潮时的年龄 (MA).
- 研究了MA,体重指数 (BMI),种族,社会经济地位和成人身高之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 超过一半 (51.9%) 的参与者已经达到初潮,平均年龄为11.9岁.
- 超重和肥胖的学生比正常体重 (12年) 或瘦身 (12.7年) 的学生更早经历初潮 (分别为11.6年和11.4年).
- 早期初潮与体重过重有关,但与社会经济地位或种族无关. 成年人身高在12岁之前初潮的女性中略低.
结论:
- 超重是亚马逊学生初潮早期的重要危险因素.
- 超重和早期初潮之间的这种关联在不同的社会经济水平和种族群体中持续存在.
- 这些发现强调了监测青少年营养状况对于健康发育的重要性.
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