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Association of anthropometric indices of nutritional status with growth in height among Limboo children of Sikkim, India
- Source :
- Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur. 77(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Aim: Influence of nutrition in human growth failure, especially stunting, is a well-accepted idea. The present study assesses the influence of nutrition and non-nutritional factors on height growth in a short stature population. Material and methods: The present study was conducted among the children and adolescents of Sikkim, India. The sample size was 538 (boys and girls) of age 2-18 years. The anthropometric indices mid upper arm circumference-for-age Z-scores (MUACZ) and BMI-for-age Z-scores (BAZ) were utilised as proxy of nutritional status and growth was assessed using height-for-age Z-scores (HAZ). Associations were assessed using correlation, St. Nicolas house analysis (SNHA), principal component analysis (PCA) and regression. Results: Nutritional status of the participating children and adolescents as assessed by MUACZ and BAZ were largely normal. Despite variation in HAZ from -4 to +2 there was no influence of the nutritional indices on height. Further, there was clear lack of association between HAZ and socio-economic variables in the present study. Conclusion: The findings of the present study suggest nutrition is not the primary regulator of human growth. The possible influence of community effects on height is discussed.
- Subjects :
- Male
Adolescent
Cross-sectional study
Body height
Population
India
Nutritional Status
010501 environmental sciences
Biology
01 natural sciences
Short stature
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Nutritional Indices
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
education
Child
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Growth Disorders
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
education.field_of_study
Anthropometry
Nutritional status
General Medicine
Body Height
Sikkim
Cross-Sectional Studies
Sample size determination
Anthropology
Animal Science and Zoology
Female
medicine.symptom
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00035548
- Volume :
- 77
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e143065721a425e276e7824a19090b41