Aging and secular change in adult stature in rural Colombia
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 46 (2), 275-279
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330460208
Abstract
Age-associated changes in adult stature of a cross-sectional sample of 634 adults from rural Colombia were estimated by multiple regression of stature and age controlling for subischial length, and from equations predicting maximum attained stature from subischial length. From these analyses the estimated rate of loss in stature due to aging per se for men was 0.12 cm/yr, while for women it was 0.03 cm/yr. When corrected for aging, several secular trends in adult stature were evident, although none were statistically significant.Keywords
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