Auxology of Sri Lankan children age 5 to 18 years 3.. sitting height and sub-ischial leg length
| dc.contributor.author | Wickramanayake, T.W. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Amarasinghe, S. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-10T07:49:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-01-10T07:49:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1990 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science33(2)pp.47-65 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dl.nsf.gov.lk/handle/1/7205 | |
| dc.publisher | SLMA. Colombo | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health Science | en_US |
| dc.subject | Physical development | en_US |
| dc.subject | Anthropometry | en_US |
| dc.subject | Socioeconomic status | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethnicity | en_US |
| dc.title | Auxology of Sri Lankan children age 5 to 18 years 3.. sitting height and sub-ischial leg length | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |