Inter-regional differences in body proportions in Indian children and adolescents—a cross-sectional multicentric study

Background: Sitting height (SH) and leg length (LL) help in assessing disproportionate growth. Anthropometric dissimilarity has been observed in different ethnicities. Aim: To (1) study sitting height and body proportions in children from different regions of India; and (2) compare sitting height an...

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Main Authors: Smruti Vispute, Vaman Khadilkar, Anuradha Khadilkar, Veena Ekbote, Narendra Singh, Shashi Chiplonkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Annals of Human Biology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2019.1698656