What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Cross-Sectional. Population: Under-nutrition (n=770). Intervention: Pre-menarcheal status vs. Post-menarcheal status. Primary outcome: Prevalence of underweight (weight for age < 5th percentile).

January 1, 2015Open Access

Health status of pre-menarcheal and post-menarcheal adolescent girls in West Bengal, India

Q: What are the key findings of this study?

Pre-menarcheal adolescent girls exhibited a substantially higher prevalence of underweight (51.1% vs 18.1%), thinness (47.6% vs 20.3%), and stunting (44.2% vs 31.8%) compared to post-menarcheal girls.

PPPurushottam PramanikWest Bengal University of Health Sciences SBSubha BanerjeeIndian Institute of Chemical Biology SDSwagata DuttaIndian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune

Key Result

Pre-menarcheal adolescent girls exhibited a substantially higher prevalence of underweight (51.1% vs 18.1%), thinness (47.6% vs 20.3%), and stunting (44.2% vs 31.8%) compared to post-menarcheal girls.

Study Design

Type

Cross-Sectional (n=770)

Multicenter

Yes

Structured PICO

Population

770 adolescent girls aged 9 to 16 years from six government schools in West Bengal, India, evaluated for nutritional and health status.

Outcome

Nutritional status (stunting, thinness, underweight) and health status (Rohrer Index)

There is a high prevalence of undernutrition among adolescent girls in West Bengal, particularly in pre-menarcheal girls, highlighting the need for nutritional interventions.

Main Result

Absolute Event Rate: 51.1% vs 18.1%

Limitations

Use of international NCHS/WHO standards which may not accurately reflect the average Indian build
Cross-sectional design limits the ability to establish causality

Abstract

Adolescence is a journey from the world of childhood to the world of adulthood. This period is very crucial since these are the formative years in the life of an individual when major physical, psychological and behavioral changes take place. Adolescence is a vulnerable period in human life cycle when nutritional requirements increase due to adolescent growth spurt. This period is characterized by rapid increase in height and weight and hormonal changes resulting in sexual maturation. Protein, minerals and vitamins. 2 Malnutrition, both under nutrition and over nutrition resulting from imbalance of nutrients is of public health significance among adolescents across the world. The coexistence of overweight/obesity and underweight is rather common in developing countries and is found to be increased proportionally over time. In India adolescents constitute 21.4% of the population 6 that comprises one-fifth of the total population. The health and nutritional status of the children is an index of the national investment in the development of future manpower. Several studies have

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Pramanik et al. (Thu,) conducted a cross-sectional in Under-nutrition (n=770). Pre-menarcheal status vs. Post-menarcheal status was evaluated on Prevalence of underweight (weight for age < 5th percentile). Pre-menarcheal adolescent girls exhibited a substantially higher prevalence of underweight (51.1% vs 18.1%), thinness (47.6% vs 20.3%), and stunting (44.2% vs 31.8%) compared to post-menarcheal girls.

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