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Variability in stature growth.

G A Harrison1, L H Schmitt

  • 1Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford.

Annals of Human Biology
|January 1, 1989
PubMed
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Growth variability in stature changes significantly throughout childhood and adolescence. Stature velocity variation decreases after age two, and is lower in affluent societies compared to poorer ones.

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Area of Science:

  • Human growth and development
  • Biostatistics
  • Anthropometry

Background:

  • Human stature and growth velocity exhibit complex patterns during development.
  • Understanding variability in growth is crucial for assessing normal development and identifying deviations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze changes in the variability of stature and stature velocity during human growth.
  • To compare growth velocity variation across different socioeconomic contexts.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal data analysis was employed to track changes in growth parameters.
  • The coefficient of variation was used to measure variability in stature and stature velocity.
  • Data from the UK (affluent) were compared with data from India and Thailand (poorer societies).

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Main Results:

  • Significant changes in the variability of stature and stature velocity were observed throughout growth.
  • Stature velocity variability increases post-birth, then declines from age two until adolescence.
  • Societies with higher affluence (UK) exhibited systematically lower stature velocity variation compared to less affluent societies (India, Thailand).

Conclusions:

  • Growth variability is dynamic, with distinct patterns in stature and stature velocity during development.
  • Environmental and socioeconomic factors appear to influence the variability of growth velocity, with affluence correlating with lower variation.