title: Secular trend in height in Sardinian conscripts drafted from 1879-1883 to 1983-1986.
abstract: This paper deals with the secular height trend in Sardinian conscripts. Between 1883 and 1986 an increase in height of 6.77 cm (0.66 cm/decade) was found. On comparing conscripts born in 1948-1949 (immediately after the Second World War) with those born in 1964-1968 one sees an increase in average height of 2.39 cm/decade, with a peak of 3.67 cm/decade in the comparison between subjects born in 1948-1949 and those born in 1955-1958.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sanna
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Floris
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Cosseddu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history*; D012016:Reference Values; D012931:Social Environment