[Differential physical growth during the first year of life. I. Body growth].
Keeping up to date the children growth and development standards, it is a necessity of main order for Health Secretary, because of it is possible an adequate pediatric evaluation. The present study, reports the results of a longitudinal research on growth in children of both sexes and ages from 0 to 1 year of extrauterine life. In all, we got 44 growth measures of the body, head and corporal composition. This report describes the shape of growth body, illustrates the general parameters of growth: stature and weight. Also it includes the dates correspondent to corporal segment growth: sitting height, upper and lower segments; upper extremity, upper arm, lower arm, hand, lower extremity, thigh, leg and foot lengths; ankle height; biacromial, bicrestal, thorax, elbow, wrist, hand, knee, ankle and foot breadths; and thorax depth. Moreover, we report the final increments for corporal segments studied, and the differences on sexual dimorphism. We describe the methodology, socioeconomic and cultural custom results. The sample was classificated within middle lower social class.
Rosales-López
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Dirección de Antropología Física, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, D.F.
Martínez-Meza
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Sánchez-Aguilar
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Chávez-Rojas
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Guízar-Vázquez
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D001827:Body Height; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D010298:Parity; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
Crecimiento físico diferencial durante el primer año de vida. I. Crecimiento del cuerpo.