A cross sectional study of growth in five somatometric traits of Punjabi boys aged eleven to eighteen years
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8314656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raghbir Singh (University of Delhi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-138 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330320115 |
| PMID | 5415581 |
| OpenAlex | W2017290445 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the present paper, the mean values, standard deviations and rate of growth of five somatometric traits; namely height, weight, sitting height, height minus sitting height, and bicristal diameter of Punjabi Hindu Khatri (an endogamous caste) boys aged 11 to 18 years are represented. Simple forms of distance and velocity curves for each trait are also given and the ages of adolescent spurts are discussed. Data on the appearance of pigmented axillary and facial hair are also included. An interesting observation of the present study is that up to 13 years of age the lower segment of the body, represented by height minus sitting height measurement, grows at a faster rate while after 13 years, the upper segment of the body represented by sitting height measurement grows at a faster rate. These observations are exactly in line with the earlier observations of Tanner ('62)
Body height · Body proportions · Body weight · Endogamy · Geometry · Population · Sitting · Trait · Demography · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Internal Medicine · Mathematics · Medicine · Orthodontics
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1972 - 2001 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |