[Study of the growth and final body height in a young adult population].
To know the final height of young adults in our environment, we obtained a control group with 340 students of medical and professional training and compared them with the patterns of Hernandez et al. Medium values of weight, height, weight/height rate, and tricipital and subscapular skinfolds are similar in both groups. If we separate them by birth year (1965-1966 and 1970-71), we find significant differences, on behalf of the younger group, in women for weight and weight/height rate (p < 0.05), and in both sexes for skinfolds (p < 0.001). If we separate them by oriing (medicine-professional training), we find significant differences, on behalf of male university students in weight and weight/height rate (p < 0.05) and of female professional students in skinfolds (p < 0.001). We verify the suitability of the tables of Hernandez et al. for the final growth of young people around us and justify their use in the daily practise.
Alberola López
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Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Valladolid.
Redondo Merinero
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Andrés de Llano
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Martínez Sopena
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Sánchez Villares
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D013030:Spain
Estudio del crecimiento final en una población de adultos jóvenes.