Abstract

ABREU SUAREZ, Gladys et al. Maduración sexual en una muestra de niños asmáticos. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 1996, vol.68, n.1, pp.37-42. ISSN 0034-7531.

With the aim of assessing the effects of bronchial asthma on sex maturation, a cross-sectional study was carried out in 180 asthmatic children of both sexes, between 7 and 15 years old, outpatients coming from the Educational Pediatric Hospital at Centro Habana. An evaluation was made to all the children, and it included body weight, body height, skinfold thickness, bone development and sex maturation. Means in weight, height, and skinfold thickness were correspondent with the values reported for healthy children. No retardation was found in sex maturation; most part of the children with advanced pubertal stages were gathered in the highest channels of skeletal age.

Keywords : ASTHMA; SEX MATURATION; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; BODY WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS.