Height and puberty in contemporary healthy eastern Nigerian growing children: a clinical anthropological study

Height measurements were obtained on 2800 children (ages 3-18 years) in urban primary and high schools in eastern Nigeria. Data are reported for mean values and standard error of the mean for male and female children of 2 dietary classes, by age. Centile curves are plotted (50th percentile) and tabu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 1986-02, Vol.32 (1), p.36-40
Hauptverfasser:	Didia, B.C, Ogunranti, J.O
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent age groups Anthropology. Demography Biological and medical sciences Body Height Child Child, Preschool children Cross-Sectional Studies Female gender differences Growth height Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology Humans Male Medical sciences Nigeria Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Prevention and actions Puberty Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Social Class Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...) Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	Height measurements were obtained on 2800 children (ages 3-18 years) in urban primary and high schools in eastern Nigeria. Data are reported for mean values and standard error of the mean for male and female children of 2 dietary classes, by age. Centile curves are plotted (50th percentile) and tabulated for each sex and class and compared with WHO standards. The age of puberty was determined to be 17 years for males and 15 years for females.(wz)
ISSN:	0142-6338 1465-3664
DOI:	10.1093/tropej/32.1.36