4.Journals Published in Sri Lanka
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Item Auxology of Sri Lankan children age 5 to 18 years 3.. sitting height and sub-ischial leg length(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Wickramanayake, T.W.; Amarasinghe, S.Sitting height (SH), leg length (LL) and the rati, SH/TH have been studied in 9070 school children between 5 and 18 years, SH and LL are not influenced by ethnicity. SH, LL and the overall increment in LL are socio-economic dependent during pre-adolescence. LL velocity is greater than SH velocity during pre-adolescence , so that LL catches up with SH before puberty, which occurs earlier in children of a higher socio-economic status. Children who become tall are those with a high LL velocity during pre-adolescence and a high SH velosity after puberty. Neither poverty nor ethnicity have any influence on the relative propotion of SH to stature.Item Auxology of Sri Lankan children aged 5 to 18 years 2.. quetelet's body mass index(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Wickramanayake, T.W.; Amarasinghe, S.Item Auxology of Sri Lankan children, age 5 to 18 years 1.. height, weight and growth increments(Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1989) Amarasinghe, S.; Wikramanayake, T.W.Height and weight of 8,610 children, age 5 to 18 years, have been measured and their height and weight increments calculated. Differences in height and weights of the two major ethnic groups, Sinhalese and tamils were not significant. There were marked differences due to varying socio-ecomic-educational levels, especially in the age groups 5 to 10 years . There has been marked secular change in heights and weights during the past 50 years, the increase being more marked among the lower socio-economic groups than among the affluent.Item Auxology of Sri Lankan children, age 5 to 18 years 4.. is there a need for local standards?(The Sri Lanka Medical Associaion. Colombo, 1994) Wickramanayake, T.W.; Amarasinghe, S.