Maturational timing and overweight prevalence in US adolescent girls
Maturational timing and overweight prevalence in US adolescent girls
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.91.4.642
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发表时间：
2001-04-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Gordon-Larsen, P
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作者：
Adair, LS;Gordon-Larsen, P
目标.这项研究调查了美国青春期女孩月经初潮年龄与超重的关系，方法.月经初潮年龄和种族/民族对超重的影响通过logistic回归进行估计，在调整社会人口学特征后，在6507名西班牙裔，黑人，白色和亚裔美国女孩的样本中参加了国家青少年健康纵向研究的第2波，结果。超重患病率显着较高，早熟青少年的所有种族/族裔群体，但最高的早熟黑人女孩（57.5%）。早熟几乎使超重的几率加倍（体重指数等于或高于第85百分位数）。公共卫生应更加重视超重的高发病率，特别是少数民族少女的超重率。
Objectives. This study examined the relation of age at menarche to overweight in US adolescent girls.,Methods. Effects of age at menarche and race/ethnicity on overweight were estimated via logistic regression, after adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics, in a sample of 6507 Hispanic, Black, White, and Asian American girls who participated in wave 2 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health,Results. Overweight prevalence rates were significantly higher in early maturing adolescents of all racial/ethnic groups but highest (57.5%) among early maturing Black girls. Early maturation nearly doubled the odds of being overweight (body mass index at or above the 85th percentile).Conclusions. Greater public health attention should be focused on the high prevalence of overweight, particularly among minority female adolescents.