青春期发育研究需建立全过程多指标评估和预测体系

Research on the puberty needs to establish a multi-index evaluation and prediction system

青春期的启动时间、发育速度和进程受遗传与环境交互影响,并与终身健康相互关联。搭建适合评估中国儿童青春期启动和发育全过程的指标体系和建立多维度青春期发育轨迹预测模型,是明晰中国儿童青春期发育全程特点及探索青春期发育对生命后期健康影响的基础。研究通过从青春期发育评估方法及预测体系两个方面对当前国内外青春期发育评估进行梳理和展望,并对中国儿童青春期发育领域的重点研究方向提出建议。

The onset and progression of puberty development is affected by interaction of genes and environments,and is linked to lifelong health.A comprehensive understanding of pubertal development in Chinese children and its influence on health outcomes becomes an important public health concern.Therefore,building an evaluation index system for Chinese children to assess the puberty onset and the temporal sequences throughout the puberty stage,and establishing a multi-dimensional predictive model for puberty trajectory lay down the foundation for this issue.This article reviews the currently available evidence referring to the assessment system and the prediction model for puberty timing,and outlines directions for future research in this area.