Sex determination of infant and juvenile skeletons: I. Morphognostic features

Ancient cemeteries are often characterized by a considerable number of infants and young children. Sex differences in childhood mortality, however, could rarely be studied up to now, mainly because there were only few proven traits for sexual determination of immature skeletons. Based on a historic sample of sixty-one children of known sex and age from Spitalfields, London (37 boys, 24 girls), sexually distinctive traits in the mandible and ilium are presented for morphognostic diagnosis. Besides other features, boys typically show a more prominent chin, an anteriorly wider dental arcade, and a narrower and deeper sciatic notch than girls. Most of the traits presented in this study allow individuals between birth and five years of age to be successfully allocated to either sex in 70–90% of the cases. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

术前预后营养指数对肺鳞状细胞癌患者术后复发及死亡的预测价值分析

摘要 目的：探讨术前预后营养指数（PNI）与肺鳞状细胞癌患者预后的关系及对术后复发、死亡的预测效能。方法：纳入2017年1月-2019年1月在我院接受治疗的78例肺鳞状细胞癌患者,所有患者均具有完整的临床资料及病理信息,对其进行门诊复查随访3年,除去失访病例共纳入76例患者资料,期间共有43例患者复发、37例患者死亡;按照复发及死亡情况将该76例患者分别分为复发组（n=43）及未复发组（n=33）,死亡组（n=37）及存活组（n=39）,分别使用单因素和多因素Logistic回归分析影响肺鳞状细胞癌患者复发及死亡的独立危险因素;采用受试者工作特征（ROC）曲线分别分析PNI在肺鳞状细胞癌患者术后复发及死亡的预测效能及最佳截断值。结果：单因素分析显示,TNM分期、吸烟年限、糖尿病、家族史、PNI是影响肺鳞状细胞癌患者术后复发的相关因素（P＜0.05）;性别、年龄、TNM分期、BMI、吸烟史、吸烟年限及PNI是影响肺鳞状细胞癌患者术后死亡的相关因素（P＜0.05）。多因素Logistic回归模型分析显示,TNM分期为Ⅲ期、吸烟年限较长、家族史是引发肺鳞状细胞癌患者术后复发的独立危险因素,PNI为保护因素（P＜0.05）;另外男性、年龄较大、TNM分期为Ⅲ期、吸烟年限较长是引发肺鳞状细胞癌患者术后死亡的独立危险因素,PNI为保护因素（P＜0.05）;ROC分析显示PNI在预测肺鳞状细胞癌患者术后复发的曲线下面积为0.726,敏感度为0.814,特异度为0.667,最佳截断值为48;PNI在预测肺鳞状细胞癌患者术后存活的曲线下面积为0.787,敏感度为0.838,特异度为0.718,最佳截断值为50。结论：PNI对肺鳞状细胞癌患者术后复发及生存均具有较高的预测效能,提高PNI水平对改善肺鳞状细胞癌患者的预后具有积极作用。     

Retinoblastoma: a study of natural history and prognosis of 268 cases.

The natural history and prognosis of retinoblastoma were analysed using data relating to the 268 cases registered during 1962-8 in England, Scotland, and Wales. The children were followed up for a minimum of four years; the proportion surviving for four years was 86%. The most important factors affecting survival rate were the stage of the tumour at diagnosis and the hospital of treatment. Of children surviving for three years after treatment only three died during the subsequent period of follow-up, which varied from one to seven years. Among children with retinoblastoma treated between 1949 and 1968 nine died between seven and 13 years later of other cancers: seven from osteosarcomas, one from angiosarcoma, and one from fibrosarcoma.     

Survival after Locoregional Recurrence or Second Primary Breast Cancer: Impact of the Disease-Free Interval

The association between the disease-free interval (DFI) and survival after a locoregional recurrence (LRR) or second primary (SP) breast cancer remains uncertain. The objective of this study is to clarify this association to obtain more information on expected prognosis. Women first diagnosed with early breast cancer between 2003–2006 were selected from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. LRRs and SP tumours within five years of first diagnosis were examined. The five-year period was subsequently divided into three equal intervals. Prognostic significance of the DFI on survival after a LRR or SP tumour was determined using Kaplan-Meier estimates and multivariable Cox regression analysis. Follow-up was complete until January 1, 2014. A total of 37,278 women was included in the analysis. LRRs or SP tumours were diagnosed in 890 (2,4%) and 897 (2,4%) respectively. Longer DFI was strongly and independently related to an improved survival after a LRR (long versus short: HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.48–0.88; medium versus short HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.65–1.01). Other factors related to improved survival after LRR were younger age (<70 years) and surgical removal of the recurrence. No significant association was found between DFI and survival after SP tumours. This is the first study to explore the association between the DFI and survival after recurrence in a nationwide population-based cancer registry. The DFI before a LRR is an independent prognostic factor for survival, with a longer DFI predicting better prognosis.     

Longitudinal analysis of adolescent growth of ladino and Mayan school children in Guatemala: effects of environment and sex.

The rate of growth in height and the timing of adolescent growth events are analyzed for two samples of Guatemalan children. One sample includes Mayan school children, 33 boys and 12 girls between the ages of 5.00 to 17.99 years, living under poor conditions for growth and development. The second sample includes ladino children, 78 boys and 85 girls of the same age range, living under favorable conditions for growth. The Preece-Baines model I function is used to estimate mean values for rates and timing of childhood and adolescent growth events for the two groups. Significant statistical contrasts (t-tests) of these means show Mayan boys reach the age of "take-off" (TO; the onset of the adolescent growth spurt) 1.45 years later, achieve peak height velocity (PHV) 1.68 years later, and continue growing for about 2.0 years longer than do the ladino boys. Despite the Mayan boys' increased duration for growth they grow significantly more slowly than the ladinos. Mayan boys are 6.60 cm shorter than ladinos at the age of TO and are estimated to be 7.71 cm shorter than the ladinos at adulthood. Mayan girls reach the age of TO 0.93 years later than do the ladina girls, but the two groups do not differ in the age at PHV or the age at adulthood. The mean height of Mayan girls is significantly less than that of ladinas at the age of TO (6.5 cm), and this difference increases to an estimated 11.14 cm at adulthood. Possible causes of these ethnic and sex-related differences in amounts and rates of growth are discussed in relation to hypotheses about the genetic and environmental determinants of human development.     

Patterns of physical activity among 11 to 16 year old British children.

OBJECTIVE--To examine the patterns of physical activity among British schoolchildren aged 11 to 16 and to assess whether the children experience the intensity and duration of physical activity that are believed to stress the cardiopulmonary system appropriately. DESIGN--Cross sectional study of a sample of children drawn from a larger survey of coronary risk factors in children. Continuous monitoring of heart rate for 12 hour periods on three school days and one Saturday. SETTING--Two communities in Devon. SUBJECTS--266 Children (163 girls, 103 boys) aged 11 to 16 randomly selected from a sample of 707 children. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Percentage of time and number of sustained periods in which heart rate was greater than 139 beats/min. Anthropometric measures and external assessment of sexual maturity with Tanner''s indices. RESULTS--The boys had heart rates greater than 139 beats/min for a significantly higher percentage of time than the girls (p less than 0.01) during the weekday (6.2% v 4.3%) and the Saturday (5.6% v 2.6%). The boys had significantly more five and 10 minute periods with heart rates greater than 139 beats/min than the girls during the Saturday and weekdays and more 20 minute periods during the weekdays. 84 Girls and 37 boys had no 10 minute period with a heart rate greater than 139 beats/min during the three weekdays and 112 girls and 65 boys had no such 10 minute period during the Saturday. No significant relation was detected in either sex between the amount or habitual physical activity (heart rate) and skinfold thickness or maturity group. CONCLUSIONS--British children have surprisingly low levels of habitual physical activity, and many children seldom undertake the volume of physical activity believed to benefit the cardiopulmonary system. Boys are more active than girls. The pubertal stage of development or body fatness, or both, do not seem to be sensitive indicators of physical activity in either girls or boys.     

育龄期Ⅰ-Ⅱ期BOT患者PDCD5表达情况及预后分析

目的:探讨与分析育龄期Ⅰ-Ⅱ期卵巢交界性肿瘤(borderline Ovarian Tumor,BOT)患者程序化死亡因子5(programmed cell death 5,PDCD5)表达情况及预后。方法:选取2012年1月到2020年1月在本院诊治的育龄期BOT患者98例作为研究对象,其中临床Ⅰ-Ⅱ期78例(早中期组),Ⅲ期20例(晚期组)。取所有患者的术中病理组织标本,采用免疫组化法检测PDCD5表达情况。跟踪随访患者的预后并进行相关性分析。结果:早中期组的PDCD5表达阳性率为28.2%,显著低于晚期组的80.0%(P<0.05)。两组随访到2020年5月,早中期的存活率为97.4%,显著高于晚期组的65.0%(P<0.05)。在早中期组,Pearson分析显示随访生存与组织学分化、远端转移、PDCD5表达阳性存在相关性(P<0.05)。二元Logistic回归分析显示组织学分化、远端转移、PDCD5表达阳性都为影响患者预后生存的主要因素(P<0.05)。结论:育龄期Ⅰ-Ⅱ期BOT患者伴随有PDCD5的低表达状况,且预后相对比较好,组织学分化、远端转移、PDCD5表达阳性都为影响育龄期Ⅰ-Ⅱ期BOT患者预后生存的主要因素。     

Age-related copy number variations and expression levels of F-box protein FBXL20 predict ovarian cancer prognosis

About 70% of ovarian cancer (OvCa) cases are diagnosed at advanced stages (stage III/IV) with only 20–40% of them survive over 5 years after diagnosis. A reliably screening marker could enable a paradigm shift in OvCa early diagnosis and risk stratification. Age is one of the most significant risk factors for OvCa. Older women have much higher rates of OvCa diagnosis and poorer clinical outcomes. In this article, we studied the correlation between aging and genetic alterations in The Cancer Genome Atlas Ovarian Cancer dataset. We demonstrated that copy number variations (CNVs) and expression levels of the F-Box and Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein 20 (FBXL20), a substrate recognizing protein in the SKP1-Cullin1-F-box-protein E3 ligase, can predict OvCa overall survival, disease-free survival and progression-free survival. More importantly, FBXL20 copy number loss predicts the diagnosis of OvCa at a younger age, with over 60% of patients in that subgroup have OvCa diagnosed at age less than 60 years. Clinicopathological studies further demonstrated malignant histological and radiographical features associated with elevated FBXL20 expression levels. This study has thus identified a potential biomarker for OvCa prognosis.     

Sexual dimorphism in mandibular growth of French-Canadian children 6 to 10 years of age

Polynomial regression is used to model the mandibular growth of 28 girls and 26 boys who were followed longitudinally from 6 to 10 years of age. The pooled-within individual designs indicate that ramus height follows a linear pattern of size increase; corpus and total mandibular lengths display curvilineal, decelerating, patterns of growth over the age range. Multivariate analyses of variance reveal significant sex differences in size, favoring boys, for the two length measures at 6 years of age. Growth velocity for corpus length is also significantly greater in boys than in girls. Sexual dimorphism in the growth of total mandibular length is more complex, including differences in velocity and deceleration. Ramus height shows no significant pattern of variation between boys and girls for either size or growth velocity.     

A factor analysis of cranial base and vault dimensions in children

Lengths within the cranial base and vault were measured in cephalometric radiographs of 220 boys and 177 girls ranging in age from 0 to 15 years; all these children are participants in The Fels Longitudinal Growth Study. The present study is based on mixed longitudinal data derived from 1640 radiographs for boys and 1260 radiographs for girls. Factor analysis was applied separately for boys and girls for each age group; i.e., 0–3, 4–6, 7–9, 10–12, and 13–15 years. For the 0–3 year age group, two factors were extracted in each sex, whereas four factors were extracted in the rest of the age groups. The factor structures are similar in the three older age groups of boys (7–9, 10–12, and 13–15 years). The first four factors for these groups are labelled, respectively: cranial vault size, posterior cranial base length, presphenoid length, and basisphenoid length. The order of the third and fourth factors is reversed in the 7–9 year olds. For girls, the factors extracted were also the same in both the 7–9 and 10–12 year age groups, even though the order of factors was different between age groups; i.e., anterior cranial base length, cranial vault size, basisphenoid length, and basioccipital length. Differential growth rates among cranial base dimensions probably cause changes in factor patterns. Obliteration of the spheno-occipital synchondrosis is suggested as the mechanism responsible for the change of factor pattern in the girls. Closure of this synchondrosis would have occurred too late to affect the patterns in boys.     

A Long-Term Follow-Up and Comprehensive Observation of Risk and Prognosis Factors of Recurrence and Survival After Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Although HBV, liver function and tumor characteristics were proven as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) prognosis-related, no large-scale and long-term follow-up studies have ever given robust evidence about prognosis predictive effect and contribution to different stage of postoperation. In this study, we evaluated the influence of above index on overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) and other clinical data in a rather large population and long-term follow-up. Our study consisted of 1,326 HCC patients who underwent radical resection from 1996 to 2010. Epidemiology, clinical and prognosis data were analyzed. Risk factors of OS and DFS were explored. Cumulative survival comparison between groups was performed with log-rank. Multivariate analysis for independent prognostic factors was determined by Cox proportional hazards model. HBsAg status was a universal factor of HCC recurrence, while preoperational albumin (ALB) and portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) affected survival during the whole lifetime. Early stage recurrence was associated with capsule intact [OR (95 %) = 1.54,1.12–2.12, p = 0.009], preoperational alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), TNM and BCLC stages were the most important prognosis factors of recurrence in the early 5 years and PVTT affected the rest time. Survival was mainly associated with tumor characteristic and ALB. Short-time survival was affected with age and AFP, while BCLC was related with the long-time survival. We confirmed that during different periods after resection, factors affecting prognosis did not remain unchanged. Liver function and tumor characteristic affected DFS and OS the whole time, especially the early recurrence. However, HBV infection situation was associated with later recurrence. PVTT showed an opposite effect between early and later recurrence.     

全胸腔镜肺叶切除术治疗早期非小细胞肺癌患者的预后分析

目的:探讨全胸腔镜肺叶切除术治疗早期非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)患者的疗效及预后状况。方法:选择2010年6月至2013年6月我院收治的早期NSCLC患者80例作为研究对象,随机分为对照组(n=40)和实验组(n=40)。对照组患者行常规开胸肺叶切除术,实验组患者行全胸腔镜肺叶切除术,所有患者于术后视具体情况给予化疗或放疗。记录两组患者术中及术后临床相关指标,术后并发症发生率,术后随访3年,比较两组患者3年生存率,并分析全胸腔镜肺叶切除术后患者预后影响因素。结果:实验组患者手术时间、术中出血量、胸腔引流时间及住院时间均明显低于对照组(P0.05)。实验组患者术后并发症发生率、术后3年生存率分别为12.50%、57.50%,与对照组的17.50%、50.00%相比,差异均无统计学意义(P0.05)。Cox多因素分析结果显示,肿瘤直径和术后是否放化疗是影响全胸腔镜肺叶切除术后患者预后的危险因素(P0.05)。结论:全胸腔镜肺叶切除术治疗早期NSCLC患者具有微创、安全及远期生存率较高的特点,术后辅以放化疗能够延长患者的生存率。     

Height, weight, and lines of arrested growth in young Guatemalan children

A cross-sectional study of height, weight and skeletal maturity as judged from radiographs of hand and wrist, of 1,412 children under seven years of age (694 boys and 718 girls) living in rural Guatemala was performed. Height and weight were compared to standards prepared by the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP). Skeletal age was assessed by the Tanner-Whitehouse and the Greulich and Pyle methods. All x-rays were read by the senior author. The children surveyed were significantly shorter and lighter than well noruished Guatemalan children. Differences were evident by age six months and at a maximum by age five years. Both methods showed skeletal age to lag behind chronological age so that the Guatemalan rural children mature at slower rates than either the British children or the Ohio, U.S.A., children, from whom the two sets of standards were developed. Children of both sexes with radio-opaque transverse lines at the metaphysis showed a consistent tendency to be shorter than children without such lines. Boys but not girls showed similar trends for weight. In general, the data are consistent with the view that the physical development in boys is more severely retarded by an adverse environment than that of girls.     

The prognostic value of the tumor marker CA 15-3 at initial diagnosis of patients with breast cancer

CA 15-3 has been most widely used as a serum tumor marker in follow-up and detection of breast cancer recurrence. In this study we have specifically focused upon the prognostic implications and utility of preoperative CA 15-3 levels. We have identified on our database 414 patients with breast cancer in whom serial levels of the serum tumor marker CA 15-3 had been determined at diagnosis and follow-up. We have analyzed the follow-up and clinical outcomes in these patients and from this data we have assessed the potential of CA 15-3 as a predictor of five-year overall and disease-free survival. Our results show that an initially elevated CA 15-3 level is associated with a very poor prognosis in both early and late stage disease. Elevated pre-biopsy CA 15-3 levels are associated with 14% five-year disease-free survival rates and 17% overall survival rates at five years. In contrast, normal CA 15-3 levels are associated with 47% five-year disease-free survival rates and 54% overall survival rates at five years (p<0.01). Comparison of five-year survival rates between patients with elevated and normal CA 15-3 levels in early breast cancer (stage I and II) also showed significant differences, with survival being 41% and 75%, respectively (p<0.01).     

青年女性三阴性乳腺癌的临床病理学特征及其影响预后的多因素分析

目的:探讨青年(年龄≤35岁)女性三阴性乳腺癌(TNBC)和非三阴性乳腺癌(NTNBC)腋窝淋巴结转移(ALNM)患者的临床病理学特性与影响预后的危险因素。方法:回顾性分析2005年1月至2008年12月在青岛大学附属医院住院手术治疗并经临床病理学证实的136例青年女性乳腺癌患者的临床资料。根据免疫组化检测结果将其分为TNBC组(75例)和NTNBC组(61例);对比分析两组青年女性乳腺癌患者在年龄、婚姻、妊娠、生育、哺乳、乳腺癌家族史、病程、临床病理学分类、肿瘤组织学分级、肿瘤最大直径、ALNM、脏器转移及临床分期与生存期之间的相关性。5年总生存期(OS)和无瘤生存期(DFS)分析采用Ka-plan-Meier法。影响预后的因素采用Cox比例风险回归模型分析。结果:本组青年女性乳腺癌136例,占同期手术治疗乳腺癌1063例的12.79%;在218例(20.51%)TNBC患者中,青年女性TNBC患者75例(34.40%);青年女性NTNBC患者61例,占845例NTNBC患者的7.22%。在乳腺癌家族史(21.33%vs5.19%)和病程5个月(29.33%vs19.67%)等临床特征中,两组乳腺癌患者比较有统计学意义(P0.05)。在肿瘤最大直径5 cm(20.00%vs8.20%)、肿瘤组织学分级Ⅲ级(46.67%vs31.15%)、临床分期Ⅲ期(25.33%vs11.48%)、术后局部复发(17.33%vs11.48%)、ALNM(57.033%vs39.34%)以及脏器转移(16.00%vs4.92%)等临床病理学特征性指标中,两组乳腺癌患者比较存在明显差异(P0.05)。5年OS和DFS分别为76.47%和67.65%;TNBC 5年OS和DFS分别为69.33%和60.00%,NTNBC 5年OS和DFS分别为85.25%和77.05%。比较两组乳腺癌的5年OS及DFS存在明显差异(x2=4.374,P=0.030;x2=4.4684,P=0.035)。Cox回归分析结果表明:病程和乳腺癌家族史是TNBC患者的隐匿性和易感性因素;肿瘤最大直径、肿瘤组织学分级、术后局部复发、临床分期、ALNM和脏器转移等6项指标是影响青年女性TNBC患者预后的危险因素(x2=6.684~5.058,P=0.048~0.025)。结论:青年女性TNBC患者具有乳腺癌家族倾向、病情隐匿、临床分期晚、增殖侵袭性强、复发转移率高、预后较差的临床病理学特征,也是影响预后的危险因素。     

Six year follow up of infants with bacteriuria on screening.

OBJECTIVE--To determine the value of screening for bacteriuria in infants with special emphasis on the natural course of untreated asymptomatic bacteriuria, renal growth, and renal damage. DESIGN--Prospective six year follow up of infants with bacteriuria on screening in an unselected infant population. SETTING--Paediatric outpatient clinic. PATIENTS--50 Infants (14 girls, 36 boys) with bacteriuria on screening verified by suprapubic aspiration from an unselected population of 3581 infants in a defined area of Gothenburg. INTERVENTIONS--Children with asymptomatic bacteriuria and normal findings on initial urography were untreated, although other infections were treated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Culture of urine and determination of C reactive protein concentration every six weeks for the first six months after diagnosis, every three months from six months to two years, and every six months between two and three years; thereafter yearly urine culture. Evaluation of renal concentrating capacity with a desmopressin test; radiological examination, including first and follow up urography and micturition cystourethrography without antibiotic cover; and measurement of renal parenchymal thickness and renal surface area. RESULTS--Of the original 50 infants, 37 (12 girls, 25 boys) were followed up for at least six years. Two infants developed pyelonephritis within two weeks after bacteriuria was diagnosed; the others remained free of symptoms. 45 Infants were untreated; the bacteriuria cleared spontaneously in 36 and in response to antibiotics given for infections in the respiratory tract in eight. Recurrences of bacteriuria were observed in 10 of the 50 children, of whom one had pyelonephritis. No child had more than one recurrence. At follow up urography in 36 of the 50 children (9 girls, 27 boys) after a median of 32 months no child had developed renal damage. First samples tested for renal concentrating capacity showed significantly higher values than those from a reference population (mean SD score 0.50, 95% confidence interval 0.21 to 0.79; p less than 0.001), but the last samples showed no significant difference (mean SD score 0.08, -0.24 to 0.40; p greater than 0.05). CONCLUSIONS--Mass screening for bacteriuria in infancy results primarily in detection of innocent bacteriuric episodes and is not recommended.     

Late recurrence of localized cutaneous melanoma: its influence on follow-up policy

This paper reports 11 cases of recurrence 10 years or more after primary treatment of clinically local cutaneous melanoma at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute. Using the product-limit method for estimating recurrence-free survival, two late recurrence rates have been calculated. The estimated late recurrence rate among all treated patients is 5 percent (95 percent confidence interval: 2 to 8 percent), and the estimated late recurrence rate for the group who survived the first 10 years without recurrence is 7 percent (95 confidence interval: 3 to 11 percent). No prognostic factors were found that could identify a patient subgroup significantly at risk of late recurrence. Recurrence-free survival curves show that most recurrences have presented by the end of 6 years, but later recurrences are seen, the latest in this series being 18.2 years following treatment. While patients probably do not require long-term follow-up in specialist clinics provided they are adequately educated in the nature of their disease, this paper shows the value of long-term statistical surveillance.     

Parent-child correlation for various indices of adiposity in an endogamous Indian population

The study was conducted on 1,042 Punjabi adults and adolescent boys and girls (11-17 years) belonging to middle class families residing in Delhi, India. To study the relative influence of genetic and environmental factors on various fat measures, a set of 7 body measurements namely weight, stature and skinfold thickness at biceps, triceps, subscapular, suprailiac and medial calf measurements was taken on each subject. There was a redistribution of fat away from extremity towards the trunk, a rapid occurring process in males than in females. Increase in body mass index (BMI) with age was more pronounced in females than in males, both at adolescence and adult stage. There was an increase in grand mean thickness (GMT) calculated as mean of all five skinfold thicknesses, in adolescent girls where as in adolescent boys it fluctuated with age. The trunk/extremity ratios reflected a trend in favor of increase in trunk fat, more marked in boys than in girls. The correlations were of low magnitude, however, some skin folds displayed relatively higher value of correlation indicating that these could be determinant of adult obesity.     

脑脊液分流术治疗64例脑肿瘤临床效果分析

目的:通过观察脑脊液分流术在64例脑肿瘤患者中的临床应用效果,探讨其临床应用的价值。方法:收集2009年1月-2010年3月我院64例脑肿瘤患者病例资料,其临床诊断均有颅内高压,对照组32例患者给予常规手术进行肿瘤切除;观察组在对照组的基础上给予脑脊液分流术,比较两组治疗效果。结果:治疗后两组颅内压均降低,观察组降低更为明显(P0.05)。对照组完全缓解率为15.6%,部分缓解率为21.8%,病程稳定率为31.3%,病程进展率为31.3%。观察组分别为28.1%、31.3%、25%和15.6%。观察组完全缓解率和部分缓解率明显高于对照组(P0.05.),病程进展率对照组明显高于观察组(P0.05)。对照组术后两年内复发5例,生存超过三年的17例,生存超过五年的12例。观察组术后两年内复发的2例,生存超过三年的20例,生存超过5年的15例。和对照组比较,观察组术后病情复发率更低,生存指数更高,比较有明显差异(P0.05)。结论:脑脊液分流术在伴颅内高压或脑积水的脑肿瘤手术中的使用效果显著,后期的手术成功率和患者生存率提高,临床上可予以更为深入的探索。     

A survey on growth and sexual development of adolescent students in Changhua City: growth of body height and weight

In order to understand the physical growth and sexual development of contemporary adolescents, a cross-sectional survey was conducted during the period September 1983 to May 1984. The population came from all the pupils from 4th grade up, and all the junior and senior high students of Changhua City. By using stratified cluster sampling, 1419 boys and 1599 girls participated, ranging in age from 8 to 19 years. Body weight and height were measured. Growth spurt is a unique event during adolescence. It is well shown in the distance curves and pseudo-velocity curves of body height and weight. In boys, the growth spurt of height spanned from 12.0 to 14.8 years, with peak height velocity (PHV) at 13.5 years. In girls it was from 10.0 to 12.6 years and peaked at 11.5 years. The growth spurt of weight occurred from 12.0 to 15.9 years in boys with peak weight velocity (PWV) at 14.5 years, while girls had a growth spurt at 10.0-12.7 years with PWV at 11.5 years. Girls entered into the growth spurt about 2 years earlier, and also entered into PHV, PWV, two and three years earlier respectively than boys, while boys had a more intense and longer growth during the growth spurt than girls. Between 10.0-13.0 years girls were taller than boys, and between 12.0-13.0 years they were heavier than boys. However, from 13.5 years onward girls were soon surpassed by boys both in height and weight. Growth in height after 16.5 years in boys and after 15.5 in girls was minimal. Growth in weight in boys also became minimal after 16.5 years while girls weight even dropped a little bit after 16.5 years. At the mean age of 17.5 years, boys were 168.1 cm, girls were 156.2 cm in average, boys being 12 cm taller than girls after reaching their final height.