The assessment and prediction of the weight-height ratio in boys during sexual maturation
Prusov, P.K.
Gigiena i Sanitariia 2: 21-24
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-9900 PMID: 10349232 Document Number: 498413
Based on long-term follow-up findings, a variety of Rorer's indices (RI) and their individual variation at different stages of sexual maturation was analyzed in 173 boys. Centile scales for rating weight-height ratios (WHR) were developed. With group RI differences amounting to as high as 200%, the individual ones were no more than 25%, as confirmed by a high correlation in RI changes at different stages of maturation. The established relation of the pattern of RI dynamics to the level of sexual maturation and individual traits of the boys' constitution and maturation allows one to predict individual WHR dynamics. The findings are of interest for medical monitoring of young men undergoing preconscription military training, young sportsmen, for implementation of sanitary measures in male adolescents.