TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mumm, Rebekka
A1  - Scheffler, Christiane
A1  - Hermanussen, Michael
T1  - Developing differential height, weight and body mass index references for girls that reflect the impact of the menarche
JF  - Acta paediatrica : nurturing the child
N2  - Aim Growth is both a matter of amplitude and tempo. We aimed to develop references for body height, body weight and body mass index (BMI) with respect to tempo of maturity. Methods Data obtained from the German KiGGS study (2003-2006) on body height, body weight and presence or absence of the menarche were re-analysed in 3776 girls, aged 10-17years. We developed smoothed centiles for BMI-, body-height- and body-weight-for-age using the LMS method for premenarcheal and postmenarcheal girls. Results Body height, body weight and BMI differed significantly between premenarcheal and postmenarcheal girls. On average, postmenarcheal girls aged 11-17years were 5.3cm taller and 9.7kg heavier, and their BMI was 2.9kg/m2 higher than in premenarcheal girls of the same calendar age. Conclusion Adolescent BMI rises with calendar age and biological age. New reference charts for adolescent girls aged 10-18years were generated to be inserted into the currently used references to avoid misclassifying underweight and overweight pubertal girls.
KW  - Body mass index
KW  - Body mass index reference values
KW  - Menarche
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Overweight
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.12625
SN  - 0803-5253
SN  - 1651-2227
VL  - 103
IS  - 7
SP  - e312
EP  - e316
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -