Modeling stability in the somatotype of children and youngsters from 10 to 16 years of the Madeira growth study (Portugal)
This investigation aims at the study of somatotype´s (tri-dimensional structure) stability in children and youngsters from Madeira (Portugal). Based on a stratified and proportional sample and from a mixed-longitudinal study, we obtained information from 309 subjects (157 boys, 152 girls) that parti...
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| author | Martine Thomis António Marques Albrecht Claessens Johan Lefevre Gaston Beunen Duarte Luís de Freitas Celso António Rosa de Almeida e Silva José António Ribeiro Maia |
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| description | This investigation aims at the study of somatotype´s (tri-dimensional structure) stability in children and youngsters from Madeira (Portugal). Based on a stratified and proportional sample and from a mixed-longitudinal study, we obtained information from 309 subjects (157 boys, 152 girls) that participed in ‘Madeira Growth Study’. Somatotype was estimated with the Heath-Carter method, and statistical analysis was based on quasi-simplex models to optimize the multivariate data structure. Mplus was used in all calculations. Results from fitting models to the multidimensional nature of the data have shown that somatotype is strongly stable over the age range of 10 to 16 years. This characteristic highlights its reduced capability to change, and thus inform us about its prediction. <p> <b> RESUMO </b> Este estudo pretende investigar a estabilidade do somatótipo, enquanto entidade tridimensional, de crianças e jovens Madeirenses (Portugal). Com base numa amostra estratificada proporcional, e a partir de um delineamento longitudinal-misto, foi obtida informação de 309 sujeitos dos dois sexos (157 rapazes e 152 moças) que participaram no ‘Estudo de Crescimento da Madeira’. O somatótipo foi estimado com base no procedimento de Heath-Carter, e a análise estatística recorreu à modelação quasi-simplex para solucionar a estrutura multivariada dos dados. Os cálculos foram efectuados no software Mplus. Na sua essência, os resultados do ajustamento dos diferentes modelos à estrutura do somatótipo sugerem a sua forte estabilidade no intervalo etário dos 10 aos 16 anos. Esta característica salienta a sua reduzida alteração, e consequente previsibilidade desenvolvimentalista. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7179f4bb60d45f7aa22c12a761a006b2022-12-22T02:58:19ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaRevista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano1415-84261980-00372004-06-01613645Modeling stability in the somatotype of children and youngsters from 10 to 16 years of the Madeira growth study (Portugal)Martine ThomisAntónio MarquesAlbrecht ClaessensJohan LefevreGaston BeunenDuarte Luís de FreitasCelso António Rosa de Almeida e SilvaJosé António Ribeiro MaiaThis investigation aims at the study of somatotype´s (tri-dimensional structure) stability in children and youngsters from Madeira (Portugal). Based on a stratified and proportional sample and from a mixed-longitudinal study, we obtained information from 309 subjects (157 boys, 152 girls) that participed in ‘Madeira Growth Study’. Somatotype was estimated with the Heath-Carter method, and statistical analysis was based on quasi-simplex models to optimize the multivariate data structure. Mplus was used in all calculations. Results from fitting models to the multidimensional nature of the data have shown that somatotype is strongly stable over the age range of 10 to 16 years. This characteristic highlights its reduced capability to change, and thus inform us about its prediction. <p> <b> RESUMO </b> Este estudo pretende investigar a estabilidade do somatótipo, enquanto entidade tridimensional, de crianças e jovens Madeirenses (Portugal). Com base numa amostra estratificada proporcional, e a partir de um delineamento longitudinal-misto, foi obtida informação de 309 sujeitos dos dois sexos (157 rapazes e 152 moças) que participaram no ‘Estudo de Crescimento da Madeira’. O somatótipo foi estimado com base no procedimento de Heath-Carter, e a análise estatística recorreu à modelação quasi-simplex para solucionar a estrutura multivariada dos dados. Os cálculos foram efectuados no software Mplus. Na sua essência, os resultados do ajustamento dos diferentes modelos à estrutura do somatótipo sugerem a sua forte estabilidade no intervalo etário dos 10 aos 16 anos. Esta característica salienta a sua reduzida alteração, e consequente previsibilidade desenvolvimentalista.http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/3841/3274SomatótipoEstabilidadeModelaçãoCrianças e jovensMadeiraSomatotypeStabilityModelingChildren and youngstersMadeira |
| spellingShingle | Martine Thomis António Marques Albrecht Claessens Johan Lefevre Gaston Beunen Duarte Luís de Freitas Celso António Rosa de Almeida e Silva José António Ribeiro Maia Modeling stability in the somatotype of children and youngsters from 10 to 16 years of the Madeira growth study (Portugal) Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano Somatótipo Estabilidade Modelação Crianças e jovens Madeira Somatotype Stability Modeling Children and youngsters Madeira |
| title | Modeling stability in the somatotype of children and youngsters from 10 to 16 years of the Madeira growth study (Portugal) |
| title_full | Modeling stability in the somatotype of children and youngsters from 10 to 16 years of the Madeira growth study (Portugal) |
| title_fullStr | Modeling stability in the somatotype of children and youngsters from 10 to 16 years of the Madeira growth study (Portugal) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling stability in the somatotype of children and youngsters from 10 to 16 years of the Madeira growth study (Portugal) |
| title_short | Modeling stability in the somatotype of children and youngsters from 10 to 16 years of the Madeira growth study (Portugal) |
| title_sort | modeling stability in the somatotype of children and youngsters from 10 to 16 years of the madeira growth study portugal |
| topic | Somatótipo Estabilidade Modelação Crianças e jovens Madeira Somatotype Stability Modeling Children and youngsters Madeira |
| url | http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/3841/3274 |
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