title: Relationship between height, sitting height and subischial leg length in Dutch children: presentation of normal values.
abstract: A widely used method of judging body proportions is to consider the ratio of sitting height to height (SH/H) related to age. A drawback of this method is that only one derived variable is used. A pairwise consideration of the original measurements provides more information. In this study data from the cross-sectional Oosterwolde I growth study are used to present normal values for the ratio SH/H for age, as well as values for sitting height related to height and subischial leg length. A comparison is made with other studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Limburg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Gerver
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Bruin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007866:Leg / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D012016:Reference Values