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{"title":"The impact of using new and conventional methods for the age-at-death estimation in a Czech medieval population (Mikulčice, 9^th-10^th century): the relationship between age-at-death and linear enamel hypoplasia.","authors":"Eliška Zazvonilová,&nbsp;Petr Velemínský,&nbsp;Jaroslav Brůžek","doi":"10.1127/anthranz/2020/1073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2020/1073","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent advances in age-at-death estimation from the skeleton indicate that some of the most commonly used methods based on linear regression provide different results compared to new techniques using Bayesian statistics, and underestimate individuals over 60 years old which leads to biased prehistoric lifespans. The question is how the choice of age-at-death estimation method can influence subsequent comparisons between different populations or further analysis, such as assessment of the effect of early stress on mortality in adult individuals. The aim of our work is twofold: firstly, to test the differences between age estimation methods evaluating one indicator (the auricular surface), namely the original (Lovejoy et al. 1985), revised (Buckberry & Chamberlain 2002) and newly developed (Schmitt 2005) methods, on the Early Medieval adult population from Mikulčice - III^rd church (Czech Republic, Central Europe). The secondary objective is to assess whether the different age distributions based on the different methods have an impact on age-dependent analyses, in this case the relationship between LEH and age-at-death. Our results showed that in the adult population from Mikulčice - III^rd church, the original and revised methods provided different mortality profiles: the proportion of individuals older than 60 years acquired using Lovejoy's method was only 6.7%, while the newer methods increased the proportion to 26.7% (Buckberry & Chamberlain 2002) and 23.9% (Schmitt 2005). The choice of age-at-death estimation, and thus the different age distributions, also resulted in differences in the achieved age of individuals with and without stress markers, and specifically in the significance of the differences found. This finding seeks to draw attention to the fact that inconsistency in the use of different age-estimation methods can influence the results of further analyses and cause problems when comparing burial grounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":46008,"journal":{"name":"Anthropologischer Anzeiger","volume":"77 3","pages":"259-268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37791794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Forensic utility of cranial measurements in stature reconstruction in South Africans of European descent.","authors":"Mubarak A Bidmos,&nbsp;Abduljalil Adetola Adebesin","doi":"10.1127/anthranz/2020/1160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2020/1160","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The height of an individual (stature) is one of the biological profiles that is estimated as part of human identification process from various components of the human skeleton. The anatomical method is often used for this purpose when a complete and intact skeleton is available for forensic analysis because it is accurate. Since complete skeletons are seldom present in most forensic cases, the mathematical method, which shows linear relationship between stature and bone measurements, becomes the method of choice. Population and sex-specific regression equations for stature estimation have been formulated using intact and fragmentary long bones amongst South African whites and blacks. Individual and combinations of measurements of other skeletal elements including bones of the feet have also been used in the formulation of regression equations. However, few studies have utilized measurements of the skull for stature reconstruction. Skeletal height, calculated from a suite of measurements, was regressed on six cranial measurements. Basibregmatic height and basion-nasion length presented with the highest correlation coefficient for an individual variable in males (0.50) and females (0.48), respectively. The range of correlation coefficient from multivariate analyses in males (0.58-0.63) is similar to that obtained in females (0.55-0.62). The standard error of estimates of the equations, a measure of the accuracy of the equations, for male sample (6.74-7.09) was slightly higher than that for females (5.47-5.89). Regression equations presented in this study should be used with caution in forensic cases when only the skull is available for human identification. Significance of main findings: 1. Skull measurements show low to moderate correlation with stature. 2. Use of skull dimensions is advised only in the absence of intact long bones and other skeletal elements in South Africa.</p>","PeriodicalId":46008,"journal":{"name":"Anthropologischer Anzeiger","volume":"77 3","pages":"225-233"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37759417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Degenerative variance on age-related traits from pelvic bone articulations and its implication for age estimation.","authors":"Vanessa Campanacho,&nbsp;Andrew T Chamberlain,&nbsp;Pia Nystrom,&nbsp;Eugénia Cunha","doi":"10.1127/anthranz/2020/1184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2020/1184","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Age at death estimation methods, when applied to skeletal remains of adults, have provided inaccurate results. These aging methods often depend on observations of the degenerative changes occurring at specific articulations, however, the effects of the aging process on the human skeleton are only partially known. Therefore a need exists to increase our understanding about the age related metamorphosis process to improve aging methods. The aim of this study is to determine which age-related traits observable on the pelvic bone articulations are correlated and to quantify their shared degenerative variance. Thus it is intended to quantify the degenerative relationship among features within each pelvic joint. Fifteen age related traits were analyzed for the pubic symphysis, eight traits for the auricular surface of the ilium, and six traits for the acetabulum. Age-related traits from the pelvic joints were recorded on adult skeletons from two reference collections the William Bass Donated Skeletal Collection and the Coimbra Collection. A Principal Components Analysis, partial correlation controlling for age, and a Kendall's W coefficient of concordance were calculated to determine the level of dependence among traits. A similar pattern of correlation amongst traits was obtained for both collections. Some of the traits shared a high to moderate correlation. However, some features, such as dense bone at the auricular surface, possessed a high independence from other traits. Results suggest that age estimation methods should take into consideration how age-related traits correlate and their level of dependence, which may possibly assist in the establishment of more effective scoring systems in new and revised age at death estimation methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":46008,"journal":{"name":"Anthropologischer Anzeiger","volume":"77 3","pages":"259-268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37791795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms (<i>Fok I, Cdx-2</i>) and bone mineral density in Slovak postmenopausal women.","authors":"Iveta Boroňová,&nbsp;Jarmila Bernasovská,&nbsp;Soňa Mačeková,&nbsp;Ján Kľoc,&nbsp;Zlatica Tomková,&nbsp;Ivan Bernasovský,&nbsp;Peter Šeliga,&nbsp;Eva Petrejčíková,&nbsp;Michaela Zigová,&nbsp;Marta Mydlárová Blaščáková,&nbsp;Mária Majherová,&nbsp;Daniela Grejtáková,&nbsp;Tatiana Klamárová","doi":"10.1127/anthranz/2020/1048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2020/1048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue with consequent increase in bone fragility and fracture risk. Bone mineral density (BMD), the major determinant of osteoporotic fracture risk, has a particular genetic background. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) is implicated in the regulation of bone mineral density. The present study evaluates the association between Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms <i>Fok I</i> (rs2228570), <i>Cdx-2</i> (rs11568820), bone mineral density and fracture risk in Slovak postmenopausal women. A total of 403 unrelated Slovak postmenopausal women aged 43-86 years were genotyped using TaqMan®SNP Genotyping Assays. Lumbar spine, femoral neck and total hip BMD/T-score were detected by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). We found the <i>Fok I</i> and <i>Cdx-2</i> polymorphism in the VDR gene to be associated with osteoporotic fractures (non-vertebral fractures: <i>Fok I p</i> = 0.001; <i>Cdx-2 p</i> = 0.0000; all fractures: <i>Fok I p</i> = 0.0001; <i>Cdx-2 p</i> = 0.0000) (<i>Fok I</i>: OR = 0.50, 95% CI = 0.35-0.71; <i>Cdx-2</i>: OR = 0.25, 95% CI = 0.17-0.37). The present data suggest that VDR gene <i>Fok I</i> and <i>Cdx-2</i> polymorphisms contribute to the determination of BMD in Slovak postmenopausal women and can probably be used with other genetic markers together to identify individuals at high risk of osteoporosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":46008,"journal":{"name":"Anthropologischer Anzeiger","volume":"77 3","pages":"195-203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37791793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of the dental morphological pattern of living Jordanian Arabs suggesting a genetic drift from the Western-Eurasia pattern: A cone beam computed tomography study.","authors":"Abeer Alhadidi,&nbsp;Heba Alzer,&nbsp;Heba Kalbouneh,&nbsp;Thaer Abu-Ghlassi,&nbsp;Firas Alsoleihat","doi":"10.1127/anthranz/2020/1074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2020/1074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objectives were to determine the expression frequency and sexual dimorphism of 15 dental morphological traits on the permanent dentitions of living Jordanians, and to compare the dental morphological pattern of this sample with those of 22 groups representing the various geographic regions of the world, for the purpose of assessing the population structure and genetic history of this group. Cone beam computed tomography images for the dentitions of 150 adult Jordanians (67 males, 83 females; age range = 18-58, mean ages 28.2, sd = 10.0 years) were studied in 2017. The traits were classified using the Arizona State University dental anthropology system, counted with the individual count method, and dichotomized according to the criteria of Scott & Turner for the purpose of group comparisons. Fisher's exact test for dichotomized scores was used to assess sexual dimorphism in these traits. Smith's Mean Measure of Divergence was used to measure all pairwise distance values among the groups. Statistically significant sexual dimorphism was found in two traits (i.e., UI1 shoveling and 4-cusped LM1), and apparent but statistically insignificant difference was found in three traits (i.e., UC canine mesial ridge, 3-rooted LM1, and 1-rooted LM2), all in favour of females. This study revealed that the dental pattern of Jordanians is distinct from the other reported Western Eurasian patterns and all other known dental patterns. This differentiated dental pattern suggests a genetic drift for this population from the Western Eurasian Ancestry.</p>","PeriodicalId":46008,"journal":{"name":"Anthropologischer Anzeiger","volume":"77 3","pages":"205-223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37759418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of menstrual characteristics, symptoms and hygiene-related practices on menstrual experience: A comparative study between freeholder and tenant adolescent schoolgirls of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India.","authors":"Sayantani Das,&nbsp;Akash Mallick,&nbsp;Premananda Bharati,&nbsp;Subir Biswas","doi":"10.1127/anthranz/2020/1161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2020/1161","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescence is a significant event in woman's life when the process of menstruation occurs with several physical, mental and physiological developments. Menstrual experience of women is largely determined by environmental factors occurring during this period. In India, disparities in numerous factors result in different menstrual characteristics, menstruation-related symptoms and menstrual hygiene-related practices. However, the effect of residential status on the menstrual characteristics of adolescent girls is still unknown. In this context, the present study attempted to explore the variation in overall socio-economic condition and menstrual experience of tenant adolescent girls in comparison to freeholder adolescent girls. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect information from 167 freeholder and 133 tenant adolescent schoolgirls on socio-economic and menstrual characteristics, menstruation-related symptoms and menstrual hygiene-related practices. Results showed that differences existed for these traits between freeholder and tenant adolescents. The key factors behind unsatisfied menstrual experience of tenant adolescent girls were lack of privacy, unsuitable sanitation facilities and use of cloth as preferred absorbent.</p>","PeriodicalId":46008,"journal":{"name":"Anthropologischer Anzeiger","volume":"77 3","pages":"183-193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37759416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The end of the secular trend in Norway: spatial trends in body height of Norwegian conscripts in the 19^th, 20^th and 21^st century.","authors":"Alexander Rybak,&nbsp;Dominik Bents,&nbsp;Johanna Krüger,&nbsp;Detlef Groth","doi":"10.1127/anthranz/2020/1254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2020/1254","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Aim:</i> We aimed to examine the distribution and secular changes of conscript body height in the geographic network of Norway since 1878 and to study its association with the degree of urbanization, and population density. <i>Material and methods:</i> Data on body height of Norwegian military conscripts were provided by the Statistics Norway Department (SSB). The sample comprised eight cohorts with the following measurement years: 1^st 1877, 1878 and 1880, 2^nd 1895-1897, 3^rd 1915-1917, 4^th 1935-1937, 5^th 1955-1957, 6^th 1975-1977, 7^th 1995-1997, and 8^th 2009-2011. For determining neighborhood correlations, a network was created consisting of neighboring counties, sharing a common border. <i>Results:</i> Average body height of Norwegian men increased by 10.9 cm between 1878 and 2010, but this trend was heterogeneous. Some counties increased by more than 1 cm per decade (Finmark) others by only 7 mm per decade (Sor-Trondelag). Urban counties and counties with higher population density showed stronger height trends than rural counties. The largest spread in body height between the various counties was observed in 1936 when for the first time people living in the more urban counties got taller than rural people. The height advantage of urban counties however, disappeared after 1996. At this time, also the secular trend in height had come to a halt. The secular trend in height had become obvious after the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905 and World War I, and was strongest between 1936 and 1956. During this period maximum between-county heterogeneity in height existed with body height differences of more than 6 cm between the tallest and the shortest county. The end of this period was characterized by social democratic reforms that flattened the income distribution, eliminated poverty, and ensured social services after World War II. <i>Conclusion:</i> The temporal coincidence between the trends in height, the degree of urbanization and the onset of the political transition of Norway from a Swedish province into an independent democratic wealthy modern European state after World War I and particularly after World War II, and the abatement of this trend after this period of transition had stabilized, suggest social and political components interfering with the regulation of physical growth in humans.</p>","PeriodicalId":46008,"journal":{"name":"Anthropologischer Anzeiger","volume":"77 5","pages":"415-421"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38087040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Decrease of external skeletal robustness (Frame Index) between two cohorts of school children living in Puerto Madryn, Argentina at the beginning of the 21^st century.","authors":"Bárbara Navazo,&nbsp;Evelia Oyhenart,&nbsp;Silvia Dahinten,&nbsp;Rebekka Mumm,&nbsp;Christiane Scheffler","doi":"10.1127/anthranz/2020/1182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2020/1182","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Background:</i> It has been shown that modern life style with reduced physical activity can lead to lower bone accumulation. Also a decline trend in external skeletal robustness in children and young adolescents, measured by the Frame Index (FI), seems to have a parallel trend with the increase in overweight and obesity. Based on these findings we estimate that likely, the FI should be changed after a decade in the Argentinean population as well as in others population of the world. Thereby, the aim of the present study was to describe, using the FI, the pattern of external skeletal robustness in school children aged 6-14 years from two cohorts of Argentina (Puerto Madryn, Chubut) and to compare them with the European reference (Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Russia). <i>Methods:</i> Elbow breadth and height of Puerto Madryn school children were collected in two cross-sectional studies conducted between 2001-2006 (cohort 1 = C1) and 2014-2016 (cohort 2 = C2). Percentiles (P) values, for males and females, from C1 and C2 were calculated combining the LMS-method and its extension. A t-test has been used to compare, by age and sex, the FI values between the Argentinean cohorts and the European reference (ER). Then, in order to know the percentage of the variation of the percentiles values between cohorts, as well as with ER, percent differences between means (PDM%) were employed. <i>Results:</i> FI from Argentinean cohorts differed significantly from ER. Even more, C2 was not only smaller than ER, but also than C1. In males, C1-C2 showed significant differences at 6-8, 11 and 12 years and in females at all ages. Then, respect to ER each Argentinean cohort showed significant differences in males of C1 at 6, 12-14 years and in females at 6 and 11-14 years; and of C2, in both sexes, from 6 to 14 years. The PDM% values for elbow breadth of male were negative in ER-C1 in all percentiles analyzed; in ER-C2 positive (P3 and P50) and negative (P97) and C1-C2 recorded positive values. In females, elbow breadth showed negative values for ER-C1 (P50 and P97), and positive for the remaining values. Finally, height registered, in both sexes, negative values in ER-C1 (except P97 in females), ER-C2 and C1-C2. <i>Conclusions:</i> After ten years of the first study carried on in Puerto Madryn, school children show a negative trend in the external skeletal robustness. Additionally, the children of both Argentinean cohorts have lower values compared to the European reference, and mainly the actual cohort. This situation would be explained, in part, by the progressive increase over time of overweight and obesity as consequence, among others, of the change in the quantity and/or quality of the food that children have access to and with the physical activity they do at school and outside.</p>","PeriodicalId":46008,"journal":{"name":"Anthropologischer Anzeiger","volume":"77 5","pages":"405-413"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37983096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Environmental stimulation on height: The story from Indonesia.","authors":"Susi Natalia Hasibuan,&nbsp;Aman Pulungan,&nbsp;Christiane Scheffler,&nbsp;Detlef Groth,&nbsp;Michael Hermanussen","doi":"10.1127/anthranz/2020/1209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2020/1209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Background</i>: Since the 19^th century, sexual dimorphism has been known to be sensitive to adverse environmental conditions. Migrants are sensitive to economic and political affluence, and tend to adjust in height towards height of their hosts. We aim to study growth, sexual dimorphism, and height of native and migrant children in three primary schools in Nabire, Papua, Indonesia. <b>Material and Methods 1:</b> Cross-sectional data on height were obtained from 186 children (59 and 56 native Papuan girls and boys, respectively; 38 and 33 trans-migrant girls and boys respectively; who are aged 7.0-7.7 (mean 7.45) years from three primary schools in Nabire, Papua, Indonesia. The Indonesian National Growth Charts were used as references for height. <b>Results 1:</b> With 118.4 cm (SD 6.7) cm, trans-migrant 7-year old boys were almost 3 cm taller compared to their native-age-matched-peers (115.7 cm (5.0 SD) cm, <i>p</i> < 0.05). The case was different among the girls. Trans-migrant girls were not significantly taller than native girls. <b>Material and Method 2:</b> We re-analyzed the height data from over 300,000 infants, children and adolescents, age 0-18 year, from 34 Indonesian provinces. The data were obtained from the latest Indonesian 2013 National Basic Health Survey (NHBS), and have previously been used to construct National Indonesian Growth Charts. St. Nicolas House Analysis was used to translate correlation matrices into network graphs and visualizing chains of associations between parameters that were multiply correlated. <b>Results 2:</b> St. Nicolas House Analysis suggested that the growth of male sex were more sensitive to population crowding, and that crowding contributes to the greater height dimorphism in taller populations. <b>Conclusion:</b> Economic prosperity and increased population density stimulate male adult height to a greater extent than female adult height, and increase the sexual dimorphism in height among the tall populations of densely populated wealthy countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":46008,"journal":{"name":"Anthropologischer Anzeiger","volume":"77 5","pages":"423-429"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37983095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association of anthropometric indices of nutritional status with growth in height among Limboo children of Sikkim, India.","authors":"Binu Dorjee,&nbsp;Barry Bogin,&nbsp;Christiane Scheffler,&nbsp;Detlef Groth,&nbsp;Jaydip Sen,&nbsp;Michael Hermanussen","doi":"10.1127/anthranz/2020/1174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2020/1174","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Aim:</i> Influence of nutrition in human growth failure, especially stunting, is a well-accepted idea. The present study assesses the influence of nutrition and non-nutritional factors on height growth in a short stature population. <i>Material and methods:</i> The present study was conducted among the children and adolescents of Sikkim, India. The sample size was 538 (boys and girls) of age 2-18 years. The anthropometric indices mid upper arm circumference-for-age Z-scores (MUACZ) and BMI-for-age Z-scores (BAZ) were utilised as proxy of nutritional status and growth was assessed using height-for-age Z-scores (HAZ). Associations were assessed using correlation, St. Nicolas house analysis (SNHA), principal component analysis (PCA) and regression. <i>Results:</i> Nutritional status of the participating children and adolescents as assessed by MUACZ and BAZ were largely normal. Despite variation in HAZ from -4 to +2 there was no influence of the nutritional indices on height. Further, there was clear lack of association between HAZ and socio-economic variables in the present study. <i>Conclusion:</i> The findings of the present study suggest nutrition is not the primary regulator of human growth. The possible influence of community effects on height is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46008,"journal":{"name":"Anthropologischer Anzeiger","volume":"77 5","pages":"389-398"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37934234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}