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Spatial Correlates of U.S. Heights and BMIs, 2002 [PDF]
, 2004 Aiming to further explore possible underlying causes for the recent stagnation in American heights, this paper describes the result of analysis of the commercial U.S. Sizing Survey.
Komlos, John, Lauderdale, Benjamin E.
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Body Mass Index Categories and Attained Height in Portuguese Adults
Obesity Facts, 2018 Objective: To analyze the associations between height and BMI categories in a Portuguese representative sample. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a representative sample of 32,644 Portuguese adults (52.4% females).
Rafaela Rosário +8 more
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Association of Dental Caries and Anthropometric Measures among Primary School Children
Children, 2021 Aim: This study aimed to investigate an association between dental caries status and anthropometric measures in primary school children. Methods and Materials: An analytical cross-sectional study (n = 376) was conducted among primary school children (age
Wajiha Anzar +8 more
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Ergonomic Consideration of the Effect of Flour Dust on Peak Expiratory Flow Rate of Bakers in Abeokuta, Ogun State [PDF]
, 2017 Flour dusts are one of the most harmful chemicals in the bakery industries which could lead to serious heart and lung diseases. This study investigated the effect of flour dust on Peak Expiratory Flow Rate of male bakers in Abeokuta, Ogun State ...
Musa, Adekunle Ibrahim +1 more
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Simple anthropometric and physical performance tests to predict maximal box-lifting ability [PDF]
, 2007 Box-lifting ability is an important characteristic of military personnel. The purpose of this paper was to determine the usefulness of the upright row free weight exercise, and simple anthropometric tests, to predict maximal box-lifting performance that ...
Wilkinson, Mick, Williams, Alun
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ESTATURA Y PESO CORPORAL. ¿QUÉ INFLUYE MÁS SOBRE LAS CIFRAS DE TENSIÓN ARTERIAL? / Body height and weight. Which one has more influence on blood pressure figures? [PDF]
CorSalud, 2009 Introduction and Objectives: There are many risk factors for the development of high figures of blood pressure and there is no doubt that obesity, and overweight, its precursor, is among of themost studied ones.
Guillermo Alberto Pérez Fernández
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Pathophysiology, 2014 To test the hypothesis that body-resonant radiation may explain the correlation between body height and cancer risk observed in most countries around the world.Data on cancer incidence and body height were collected from different countries and also from different regions within Sweden.
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Income, educational level and body height
Annals of Human Biology, 1999 The relation between adult body height and two socio-economic factors (income and educational level) was studied in a large, ethnically homogenous population. In the period 1980-1983 all persons aged 40-54 years (born 1926-1941) in two Norwegian counties were invited to a cardiovascular screening.
H E, Meyer, R, Selmer
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Effect of Growth Hormone Therapy on Adult Height of Children with Turner Syndrome
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2008 Short stature is a common manifestation of Turner syndrome. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of growth hormone (GH) therapy alone on the adult height of children with Turner syndrome.
Ping-Yi Hsu +4 more
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Body height and upward social mobility
Annals of Human Biology, 1983 Stature and education in 214 pairs of adult brothers and 188 pairs of adult sisters were analysed in order to test the hypothesis that in modern stratified societies upward and downward social mobility is selective with respect to body height. Among the 116 male pairs in which the sibs differed in both education and stature, the proportion of pairs in ...
T, Bielicki, J, Charzewski
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