title: The epidemic characteristics of short stature in school students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There was no large-scale population survey on the prevalence of short stature in Anhui province yet. To further acquainting the epidemiological character of teenage children short stature in Anhui province, and to provide basis for exploring reasonable intervention measure about children's height, we took this survey on short stature in primary and middle school students of Anhui province.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twelve thousand nine primary and secondary school students in urban and rural aged from 7 to 18 years were recruited. The comparison of short stature in different genders, regions and age groups was done according to genetic metabolic endocrine group of pediatrics branch in Chinese Medical Association (CMA).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average detection rate of short stature in primary and middle school students was 3.16% in Anhui province. The detection rate was higher in rural area than in urban area, higher in economic backward area than in economic developed areas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was no significant difference in detection rate in gender and age.
authors.affiliation: The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China. liudeyun22@sina.com.|The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Economical Development Zone, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China. liudeyun22@sina.com.
authors.forename: De-Yun
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China.
authors.forename: Li-Qi
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230601, China.
authors.forename: Xian-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014505:Urban Population