Racial differences in anthropometric traits in school children of Bahia, Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID8312425
AuthorsMaria Piedade M S Oliveira (Complexo Hospitalar Universitário Professor Edgard Santos), Eliane S Azevêdo (Complexo Hospitalar Universitário Professor Edgard Santos)
Year1977
Volume46
Issue3
Pages471-475
Publication date1977-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330460313
PMID860755
OpenAlexW1970780055
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

Two thousand four hundred and forty‐four Brazilian school children were classified as Light, Medium and Dark according to a subjective judgment of the proportion of Negro admixture, and studied for weight, height, span and upper‐segment/lower‐segment (US/LS) ratio. The mean US/LS ratio decreases significantly as the proportion of Negro admixture increases giving an intermediate value for those children belonging to the Medium group for race

Anthropometry · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Racial differences · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Health and Lifestyle Studies · Health, Education, and Aging · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology

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