Body surface area is a predictor of maturity status in school children and adolescents.

Autor: Alvear-Vasquez F; Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, España., Vidal-Espinoza R; Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Santiago, Chile., Gomez-Campos R; Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru., de Campos LFCC; Universidad del Bío Bío, Chillán, Chile., Lazari E; Universidad Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brasil., Guzmán-Luján JF; Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, España., Pablos-Monzó A; Universidad Católica de Valencia, Valencia, España., Cossio-Bolaños M; Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru. mcossio1972@hotmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC pediatrics [BMC Pediatr] 2023 Aug 19; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 410. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 19.
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-023-04222-8
Abstrakt: Background: Generally, Body surface area (BSA) changes significantly during growth and maturation. These increases portend a possible relationship between body size as determined by BSA with maturational status in children and adolescents.
Objective: To determine the relationship between maturity status (MS) obtained by non-invasive anthropometric methods and body surface area (BSA) in children and adolescents of both sexes in a regional population of Chile. Additionally, we sought to verify the type of linear or nonlinear relationship between MS and BSA in both sexes.
Methods: A descriptive (cross-sectional) study was designed in 950 children and adolescents of both sexes (539 males and 411 females). The age range ranged from 6.0 to 17.9 years. Anthropometric measurements were evaluated: body weight, standing height, sitting height. MS was assessed by means of two non-invasive anthropometric techniques. Both techniques predict peak years of growth velocity (APHV) through a regression equation for each sex. BSA (m 2 ) was estimated by means of the Haycock equation.
Results: The R 2 in the linear model is relatively lower (R 2  = 0.80 to 0.89 in males and 0.74 to 0.66 in females) in relation to the nonlinear quadratic model (R 2  = 0.81 in males and 0.76 to 0.69). The quadratic nonlinear quadratic model reflected an adequate fit (RMSE) for the data set, being in men (RMSE = 1.080 and 1.125), while in women (RMSE = 1.779 and 1.479).
Conclusion: BSA is positively associated with MS determined by two non-invasive methods in Chilean children and adolescents: The nonlinear quadratic model was a better fit to the data distribution. The results suggest the use of BSA as a possible predictor of maturity status in Chilean youth.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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