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  • Title: Growth trends in boys and girls (10-17 years-old) from autonomous region of Madeira, Portugal between 1996-1998 and 2007-2009.
    Author: Sousa B, Oliveira BM, de Almeida MD.
    Journal: Ann Hum Biol; 2012; 39(6):526-9. PubMed ID: 23101434.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Growth trends have never been studied in adolescents of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal. AIMS: To analyse growth trends in weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and triceps skin-fold thickness (TST) of adolescents (10-17 years old) of the Autonomous Region of Madeira between 1996-1998 and 2007-2009. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out between 2007-2009, including 4314 adolescents, 2237 girls and 2077 boys (10-17 years old). To study secular growth trends, data were compared with a sample from 1996-1998, comparing the means for each anthropometric variable by age and sex using the independent-sample t-test. RESULTS: An average increase was found in weight of 5.8 kg in boys and 6.3 kg in girls; in height of 3.0 cm in boys and 3.7 cm in girls; in BMI of 1.5 kg/m(2) in boys and 1.7 kg/m(2) in girls; in WC a difference of 5.6 cm and 4.9 cm for boys and girls, respectively, and for MUAC a difference of 2.7 cm in boys and 2.0 cm in girls. No differences were found in TST in boys, but in girls an increase of 1.2 mm was observed. CONCLUSIONS: A general increase in anthropometric measurements, more marked in weight, BMI, WC and MUAC and at younger ages, was observed.
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