A forty‐five year investigation for secular changes in physical maturation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8317267
AutoresMarion M Maresh (autor de correspondencia)
Año1972
Volumen36
Número1
Páginas103-109
Fecha de publicación1972-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330360112
PMID5057725
OpenAlexW2019017361
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas5

In a stable, economically‐ and educationally‐privileged population of 180 subjects observed from birth to beyond the period of maximum growth in height, no secular changes toward larger size or earlier adolescence were observed between the earlier‐born and later‐born boys or girls of the Child Research Council study series. The mid‐birthdate for the 45 years of data collection was January 1, 1940 for the girls and May 1, 1936 for the boys. With none of the mean differences significant at the 0.05 level of confidence, the earlier‐born subjects were both slightly taller and heavier from birth and, for the girls, adolescence was slightly earlier. Forty pairs of like‐sexed siblings were included in the data. Coefficients of correlation were statistically significant for birthweight and menarcheal ages for the sisters and for height and weight at the age of maximum increment of growth in height for both sexes. In 12 of the 16 pairs of sisters, the older menstruated at an earlier age than the younger

Body height · Body weight · Physical development · Population · Secular variation · Birth, Development, and Health · Demography · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Pediatrics