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8830917

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
In 1993 a territory-wide cross-sectional growth survey on 25,000 Chinese children from birth to 18 years was performed in Hong Kong. Compared to the last growth survey in 1963, definite secular changes were observed. There was an increase of final adult standing height of 3.6 cm in boys and 2.7 cm in girls, in which 1.8 cm and 0.5 cm respectively for boys and girls was accounted for by the sitting height. Thus most of the height increase had occurred in the leg length in girls, but in boys only half of it. The height difference was more marked during the pubertal years because secular change had brought about an earlier sexual maturation, including an advancement of median menarcheal age by 0.5 year, coupled with an earlier growth spurt. This paper also provides the first growth standards for Chinese from birth to 18 years, with percentile charts on both standing height and sexual maturation in boys and girls.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0301-4460
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
297-306
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Secular changes in standing height, sitting height and sexual maturation of Chinese--the Hong Kong Growth Study, 1993.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't