Quantitative relationship between puberty phases and height for Girls

ZHANG Ya-qin; LI Hui; HOU Dong-qing; MI Jie; ZONG Xin-nan

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2014-22-05-04

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2014, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (5) : 459-463. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2014-22-05-04

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Quantitative relationship between puberty phases and height for Girls

ZHANG Ya-qin¹,LI Hui¹,HOU Dong-qing²,MI Jie²,ZONG Xin-nan¹

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Object To describe the quantitative relationship between puberty phases and height for Girls which could supply reference for assessment of linear growth. Methods A cross-sectional survey for 9 630 girls aged 6~18 years old was conducted in urban and suburban areas of Beijing by using the method of stratified random cluster sampling.Height,weight,secondary sexual characteristics were measured and age at menarche was obtain by questionnaire.The Methods of Pearson was used to describe the relationship between puberty phases and height and the ANOVA and t test were used to analyze the difference of height in different puberty phases. Results 1)There was positive correlation between sexual development and height,especially in the 9~12 years old (correlation coefficient 0.41~0.55).2) The difference of height among different puberty phases were obvious:At 8~12 years,height of pre-puberty was 5~7cm shorter than that of in-puberty for girls in the same age group.At 11~13 years,height of in-puberty was 4~6 cm shorter than that of completing-puberty for girls in the same age groups.The height percentiles of pre-puberty was 17~27 lower than that of in-puberty for girls in the same age group and that of in-puberty was 13~23 lower than that of completing-puberty for girls in the same age groups.3)Comparing the height of different puberty phases with that of ignoring puberty phases:the height centiles of in-puberty for 8~9 years girls and completing-puberty for 10~12 years girls was 12~24 higher than that of the same age girls,while the height centiles of pre-puberty for 10~11years girls and in-puberty for 12~13 years girls was 10~30 lower than that of the same age girls. Conclusions Height of different puberty phases in the same age group is different.The assessment Results of height by applying conventional growth curves could be added or subtracted one curves to correct the effect of puberty phase.

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girls / sexual development / puberty phases / height

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ZHANG Ya-qin,LI Hui,HOU Dong-qing,MI Jie,ZONG Xin-nan. Quantitative relationship between puberty phases and height for Girls[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2014, 22(5): 459-463 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2014-22-05-04

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