Secular Trends in Height, Body Mass and Mean Menarche Age in Romanian Children and Adolescents, 1936–2016

Pop, Raluca-Monica; Tenenboum, Arava; Pop, Marian

doi:10.3390/ijerph18020490

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“…Data from a Danish cohort of girls born between 2000 and 2003 estimated a menarche age of 13.0 years, occurring 3.6 months before the mothers’ menarche age (Brix et al, 2019). The data from five studies carried out between 1971 and 2013 in Romania show a trend of decline in the age at menarche estimated at 0.25 years in girls in urban areas and 1.08 years in those in rural areas (Pop et al, 2021). A review study gathered data on age at menarche in the Indonesian population found a downward trend from 14.43 to 13.23 years between 1961 and 2010 (Wahab et al, 2020).…”

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Age at menarche and its association with overweight including obesity and socio‐economic conditions of Brazilian schoolgirls: A time‐trend analysis

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This study aims to describe the time trend of age at menarche in Brazilian schoolgirls evaluated in 2007, 2012/2013 and 2018/2019, and to assess its association with having overweight, including obesity and socio-economic conditions. Three cross-sectional studies were carried out in 2007, 2012/2013 and 2018/2019 in schoolchildren enrolled between the second and ninth years of elementary school and comprising 838, 688 and 326 schoolgirls, respectively. Body mass index Z scores were calculated and categorised as either without overweight or with overweight (including obesity). The type of school (a proxy of socio-economic condition) was categorised as either public or private. Menarche data were collected using the status quo and recall methods. The mean age at menarche was estimated by survival analysis. Differences in age at menarche according to the year of survey, weight status and type of school were verified by the Log-Rank test and Cox's univariate and multiple regression. There was an increase in the prevalence of overweight in girls throughout the surveys, with 21.4% in 2007, 27.2% in 2012 and 28.5% in 2018 (p = 0.007) having overweight. There was a decrease in the mean age at menarche between 2007 and 2018/2019 (12.3 vs. 11.9 years, respectively). The mean age at menarche in girls with overweight was lower in the three time periods when compared to girls without overweight (11.9, 11.8 and 11.5 vs. 12.4, 12.4 and 12.1, respectively).Girls with overweight were more likely to have had earlier age at menarche than girls without overweight (Hazard Ratio 1.57; 95% CI 1.36; 1.80). There were no differences in the age at menarche according to the type of school. The increase in the prevalence of girls with overweight (including obesity) may be associated with the age at menarche. Girls with overweight had a higher risk of earlier age at menarche than girls without overweight.

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Age at menarche and its association with overweight including obesity and socio‐economic conditions of Brazilian schoolgirls: A time‐trend analysis

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“…Previous studies had reported that the height of children and adults differed according to region (demographics) and social class [ 1 , 5 , 6 ]. The secular trend was affected by quality of life, urbanization, modernization, water and electricity access, nutrition, and health care [ 38 ].…”

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Secular trends in Javanese adult height: the roles of environment and educational attainment

2022

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Background Since its independence in 1945, Indonesia has undergone rapid socioeconomic development. The fastest changes occurred in Java, which is the main island where more than half of the Indonesian population lives. Objective This study aimed to analyze the secular trend in the height of adults living in Java born between 1953 and 1995 by comparing their residence (rural, small city, or large city) and considering factors that contribute to adult height. Methods The analysis used the following data: birth year, body height, weight, body mass index, sex, educational attainment, share of household food expenditures, and residence of 20- to 40-year-old men and women collected by the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) waves 1 to 5. Multiple linear regression was conducted to analyze several factors that influence adult height. Significance was set at p < 0.05 with a 95% confidence interval (CI). Results The study included 30,656 measurements of individuals born between 1953 and 1995 (54.9% female). Positive secular trends (95% CI) were observed for men and women: 1.3 (1.1–1.4) cm and 0.9 (0.8–1.0) cm per decade, respectively. Multiple linear regression analyses showed that, in addition to the year of birth, the adult height of both males and females was independently associated with level of education and share of household food expenditure. Stratifying the data into residence in rural areas, small cities, and large cities showed that education levels influenced the adult height of men and women living in all regions, whereas the influence of birth year and share of household food expenditure differed between areas and genders. Conclusions We observed positive secular trends in the height of adults living in Java who were born between 1953 and 1995. The birth year, educational attainment, and share of household food expenditure significantly influenced adult height. A higher education level was consistently associated with taller adult height in both men and women living in rural areas, small cities, and large cities.

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“…Different contrast agents may provide various levels of opacification [ 28 ], and, using a protocol targeted on the estimated body mass index [ 29 ], in our study, the images were acquired using the same contrast agent and the same protocol; therefore, they should provide similar enhancement and no differences in terms of dissection flap identification.…”

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Comparing the Diagnostic Performance of ECG Gated versus Non-Gated CT Angiography in Ascending Aortic Dissection: A GRRAS Study

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Rationale and Objective: Thoracic CT angiography (CTA) for ascending aortic dissection, a life-threatening emergency, is performed routinely without Electrocardiographic (ECG) gating, therefore allowing the apparition of a pulsation artefact. We aimed to evaluate and compare the diagnostic performance, the inter and intra-reporter agreement of ECG gated CTA and non-ECG gated CTA for detecting ascending aortic dissection, considering their training level. Our hypothesis is that ECG gated CTA has superior diagnostic accuracy for ascending aortic dissection compared to non-gated CTA. Materials and Methods: We collected data using 24 questions survey using clinically validated CT examinations. Sixty-six respondents (medical students, radiology residents, and consultants) blinded to the actual diagnosis independently evaluated the images pertaining to the presence of ascending aortic dissection. The reference standard was represented by clinical and imaging diagnosis. Inter-rater and inter-group concordance was evaluated; the agreement with reference tests was calculated and assessed as a function of reporters’ training level. Results: Reporters’ ascending aortic dissection assessment showed a better correlation with the reference standard in the ECG gated CTA. The inter-rater correlation was higher in the ECG gated CTA compared to non-ECG gated CTA. Observers’ confidence for diagnosing ascending aortic dissection was higher in the ECG gated CTA. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) were found between different training levels when assessing non-ECG gated examinations. Conclusions: ECG gated CTA shows a higher diagnostic performance for ascending aortic dissection than non-ECG gated CTA, regardless of the reporters’ training level.

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Secular Trends in Height, Body Mass and Mean Menarche Age in Romanian Children and Adolescents, 1936–2016

Cited by 17 publications

References 42 publications

Age at menarche and its association with overweight including obesity and socio‐economic conditions of Brazilian schoolgirls: A time‐trend analysis

Age at menarche and its association with overweight including obesity and socio‐economic conditions of Brazilian schoolgirls: A time‐trend analysis

Secular trends in Javanese adult height: the roles of environment and educational attainment

Comparing the Diagnostic Performance of ECG Gated versus Non-Gated CT Angiography in Ascending Aortic Dissection: A GRRAS Study

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