Plasma Alkaline Phosphatase Activity in Children and Adolescents

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Title:	Plasma Alkaline Phosphatase Activity in Children and Adolescents
Authors:	賴世偉(Shih-Wei Lai);劉秋松(Chiu-Shong Liu)*;施浤彰(Hung-Chang Shih);林正介(Cheng-Chieh Lin)
Contributors:	醫學院醫學系學士班家庭醫學科;中國附醫社區醫學部家庭醫學科
Date:	1998-12
Issue Date:	2009-08-20 21:44:22 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	From February to June in 1996, there were 47,800 students for health examination in Taichung City, Taiwan. The population consisted of the first and fourth graders of primary schools and the first grader of junior high schools. We selected 3,452 healthy students for further study by two stage sampling. In this report, 52.5% of the students were boys, and 47.5% of the students were girls. The mean age of students was 9.9 +/- 2.4 years. Girls at age 7 and age 10 had higher activity of alkaline phosphatase than boys at the same age. The peak of alkaline phosphatase activity in girls occurred at age 10. Alkaline phosphatase activity was significantly related to weight-length index by multiple regression analysis (p < 0.05). Although clinical application as an obesity factor still needs further investigation, in the future it may be well to routinely check this enzyme when assessing childhood obesity.
Relation:	Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica 39(6):386~388
Appears in Collections:	[School of Medicine] Journal articles

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