Goitre in adolescence; An anthropometric study of the relation between the size of the thyroid gland and physical and mental development.
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Stocks, P; Stocks, AV; Karn, MN
刊物名称：
BIOMETRIKA
ISSN/ISSBN：
0006-3444
DOI：
10.2307/2331963
发表日期：
1927
页码：
292353
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摘要：
The best index of the size of the thyroid is its maximum breadth; the circumference or diam. of the neck is of little value, and estimation by visual judgment is subject to large personal equations. The frequency of goiter increases until about 13-14 yrs. in boys, about 17-18 in girls, and then decreases. Where goiter is not endemic the thyroid grows very little, as compared with other parts of the body, from 101/2 to 131/2 yrs. In girls this is followed by rapid growth between 131/2 and 15 yrs., probably associated with the beginning of menstruation. After correcting for age and height there was no correlation in boys between size of thyroid and physical development, size of head, rate of growth, or strength of grip. In girls size of thyroid was positively correlated with height, weight, rate of growth, grip, systolic and diastolic pressure, but not with pulse pressure, pulse rate, hair or eye color, or proficiency in school work. The author concluded that these relations can be explained on the theory of iodine deprivation, but not by an infection theory.