Longitudinal study of growth rate in 3 225 children aged 0-36 months in Tongzhou District
WANG Yalong, WANG Manli, CHANG Xinlei, AN Lin
Department of Common Pediatric,Tongzhou Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Beijing, Beijing 101100, China;
Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Abstract：Objective This study provides health care workers references of implementing targeted children′s health care services in the future by studying the growth rate of children in the survey area.Methods 3 225 children born in Tongzhou District of Beijing from October 1, 2012 to December 31, 2014 were enrolled. Physical development level and growth rate in 0-36 months were calculated and compared with WHO standards.Results Almost all the length/height-for-age, weight-for-age and body mass index-for-age of children in this research were higher than the WHO standards, respectively. The change of children′s growth rate in this research was characterized by a rapid decline within one year old and then being flat, which was consistent with the trend of the WHO standards. The length/height growth rate were higher than the WHO standards during the age of 3~5 months, 9~11 months, 18~23 months and 30~36 months, and the growth rate of weight were higher than the WHO standards during 3~11 month.Conclusion The length /height growth of children in Tongzhou District is well, but the growth of weight needs to be controlled.
王亚龙,王曼丽,常新蕾,安琳. 通州区3 225例儿童0-36月龄生长速率纵向研究[J]. 中国生育健康杂志, 2019, 30(1): 5-10.
WANG Yalong, WANG Manli, CHANG Xinlei, AN Lin. Longitudinal study of growth rate in 3 225 children aged 0-36 months in Tongzhou District. Chinese Journal of Reproductive Health, 2019, 30(1): 5-10.
