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Authordc.contributor.authorValenzuela, Carlos Y. 
Admission datedc.date.accessioned2019-01-29T15:32:13Z
Available datedc.date.available2019-01-29T15:32:13Z
Publication datedc.date.issued1997
Cita de ítemdc.identifier.citationRevista Medica de Chile, Volumen 125, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 595-604
Identifierdc.identifier.issn00349887
Identifierdc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/161588
Abstractdc.description.abstractBackground: Chilean girls of middle and low socioeconomic levels are shorter than their European or North American counterparts. Aim: To challenge the hypothesis that undernutrition is the cause of the shorter stature of Chilean girls. Material and methods: Height, weight, sexual maturation, biacromial and bl-iliac diameters of low and middle socioeconomic level Chilean children aged 0 to 20 years old, were compared with data from French, English and North American children in the same age range. Results: Chilean girls had an earlier sexual maturation, had bigger biacromial and bi-iliac diameters and had a higher weight for height than European girls. Weight for height of these girls was over the values proposed by the Chilean Ministry of Health, that are based in NCHS/WHO tables. Chilean girls with recent European ancestry were taller than girls without this ancestry. Chilean boys were smaller and had lower weights than their foreign counterparts. Bi-iliac diameters were similar to th
Lenguagedc.language.isoen
Type of licensedc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile
Link to Licensedc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/
Sourcedc.sourceRevista Medica de Chile
Keywordsdc.subjectGenetics, population
Keywordsdc.subjectNutrition assessment
Keywordsdc.subjectNutritional status
Títulodc.titleAssessment of height as an indicator of population nutritional status Evaluación de la estatura como indicador nutricional poblacional
Document typedc.typeArtículo de revista
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Indexationuchile.indexArtículo de publicación SCOPUS
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