Relationship between Bone Age, Chronological Age, Anthropometric Parameters, and Diagnosed Pulse Rate on secondary sexual character development of child-Adolescence

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J Korean Med. 2014;35(1):88-98

Publication date (electronic) : 2014 March 30

doi : https://doi.org/10.13048/jkm.14009

Youngkwern Lim^,¹^,^*, Seorim Min ²^,^*, Kwang-Wook Hur ¹, Heeman Kim ¹, Sang-Yeol Chun ³, Kyeung-Suk Suh ⁴, Yong Kim ⁵, Hoon Lee ⁶, Hi-Joon Park ², You-sang Baik ⁷, Hocheol Kim ⁸

¹Aijoa Korean Medical Clinic Suwon

²Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University

³Aijoa Korean Medical Clinic Busan

⁴Aijoa Korean Medical Clinic Pyungtaek

⁵Suwon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Eastern Medicine

⁶Gangnam Inuri Korean Medical Clinic

⁷Dept. of Korean Medicine Classics, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University

⁸Dept. of Herbology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University

Two authors contributed equally to this article.

Correspondence to: 임영권(Youngkwern Lim)경기도 수원시 영통구 영통동 959-4 다모아플라자 501, Tel: +82-31-273-3375, Fax: +82-31-273-3385, E-mail: kinddoctor@hanmail.net

Received 2014 February 14; Revised 2014 March 25; Accepted 2014 March 25.

Abstract

Objectives

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between bone age, chronological age, anthropometric parameters, and diagnosed pulse rate on child-adolescence’s growth according to sex and the revelation of secondary sexual characteristics.

Methods:

Growth-concerned 44 children and adolescence (from 6 to 16 years) were analyzed in retrospective study. They visited Korean Medical Clinic in Suwon, Korea from January 2012 to October 2013. Individual bone age (BA), chronological age (CA), Risser sign, anthropometric parameters, and pulse rate were measured. The correlations of each variable were done by Pearson analysis, Spearman analysis and Regression analysis.

Results:

1. The female group was shown to have stronger negative correlation between pulse rate and BA, CA than the male group. In gender analysis, the female group showed negative correlation between weight and pulse rate. 2. In a further analysis according to the revelation of secondary sexual characteristics, the group of child-adolescent without secondary sexual characteristics was shown to have stronger negative correlation between pulse rate and BA, CA than the group with secondary sexual characteristics. The height percentile and pulse rate were negative correlation in secondary sexual character being. 3. The Risser sign and pulse rate were not correlated in this study.

Conclusions:

These findings suggested that a regular and continual measurement of pulse rate is effective in estimating potential for growth in child-adolescent group.

Keywords: Children and Adolescence; Growth; Korean

Fig. 1

Flow chart

Fig. 2

Scatter plot of pulse rate and bone age according to sex.

Fig. 3

Scatter plot of pulse rate and chronological age according to sex.

Fig. 4

Scatter plot of pulse rate and bone age according to the revelation of secondary sexual character

Fig. 5

Scatter plot of pulse rate and chronological age according to the revelation of secondary sexual character

Table 1

Characteristics of the Children and Adolescence Included in the Present Study

Table 2

The Correlation Analysis of Pulse Rate and Variables according to Sex

Table 3

The Correlation Analysis of Pulse Rate and Variables according to the Revelation of Secondary Sexual Character

Table 4

Bone Age and Chronological Age of the Children and Adolescence Included in Risser Sign Analysis

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