Spatial and demographic disparities in short stature among school children aged 7-18 years: a nation-wide survey in China, 2014
Spatial and demographic disparities in short stature among school children aged 7-18 years: a nation-wide survey in China, 2014
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7-18岁学龄儿童身材矮小的空间和人口差异:2014年中国全国调查
DOI:
10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026634
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发表时间:
2019-08-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Zhang, Zhixin
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作者:
Ma, Jia;Pei, Tao;Zhang, Zhixin
Objectives To identify spatial disparities and demographic characteristics of short stature, we analysed the prevalence of short stature collected in a nationwide health survey.Settings Data were obtained from the 2014 Chinese National Survey on Students Constitution and Health (a cross-sectional study of China). Participants came from 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities (except Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan).Participants There were 213 795 Han school children between 7 and 18 years old enrolled in our study. All participants were sampled by stratified cluster.Primary and secondary outcome measures Short stature; Chinese and WHO age-specific and gender-specific height growth references were used for short stature assessment.Results The age-standardised and age-gender-standardised prevalence of short stature nationwide was 3.70% and 2.69% according to Chinese and WHO growth references, respectively. The short stature prevalence differed significantly among age groups, urban and rural areas, and regions with different socioeconomic development levels (all p