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Postmenarche growth: cohort study among indigenous and non-indigenous Chilean adolescents
- Source :
- BMC Public Health
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015.
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Abstract
- Background In Chile, indigenous and non-indigenous schoolchildren have the same stature when they begin school but indigenous adults are shorter, indicating the importance of analyzing growth during puberty. The aim of this study was to compare the growth of indigenous and non-indigenous girls during the 36 months after menarche in Chile’s Araucanía Region. Methods A concurrent cohort study was conducted to compare growth in the two ethnic groups, which were comprised of 114 indigenous and 126 non-indigenous girls who recently experienced menarche and were randomly selected. Height was measured at menarche and at 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months post-menarche. General linear models were used to analyze growth and a generalized estimating equation model was used to compare height at 36 months post-menarche. Results At menarche, the Z-score of height/age was less for indigenous than non-indigenous girls (−0.01 vs. −0.61, p
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Body height
education
Alternative medicine
Growth
Indigenous
Cohort Studies
Population Groups
Environmental health
parasitic diseases
Epidemiology
medicine
Humans
Chile
Child
Menarche
business.industry
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Body Height
Indigenous adolescents
population characteristics
Female
Biostatistics
Cohort study
business
geographic locations
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14712458
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f5d23c1760506c49ccaff0cacca0ba19