Diversity of main anthropometric traits of infants and early age children in connection with anthropogenic factors

Gorbacheva, Anna K.; Fedotova, Tatiana K.

doi:10.32521/2074-8132.2018.1.018-036

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“…An increase in natural stress accompanies a decrease in the ratio of girth to body height and an increase in leptosomal physique, in fact, to a weakening of physical conditions and fitness . The contribution of anthropogenic factors to variations in the main anthropometric indicators of children at the start of ontogenesis (12-36 months) turns out to be relatively small, which perhaps indicates that the age under consideration is not informative for studying the processes of adaptation of the child's body to the environment [Gorbacheva, Fedotova, 2018].…”

Section: Study Of the Growth Patterns Of Infantsmentioning

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Main directions in the study of infants’ growth at Moscow school of anthropology: а review based on the articles published in «Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (MUAB)» for the last 15 years

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2023

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Introduction. The present study is of a complex nature and is devoted to the assessment of the main directions of the development of auxology in Russian anthropology. To a large extent, this work is a continuation of the review of the activities of the laboratory of auxology of the Anuchin Research Institute and the Museum of Anthropology of Moscow State University [Godina, 2010]. At the same time, the main directions of work are considered and described in more detail not only directly by the auxology laboratory, but also by other working groups of the same Institute, the Department of Anthropology of the Faculty of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University, as well as other academic institutions. Materials and methods. Specifically, in this part of the work, articles devoted to the comprehensive assessment of the processes of growth and development of children from birth to 3 years old, which were published in the «Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin» from 2009 to 2022, were used as a source of information. Results and discussion. The studies conducted in this area affect a large number of aspects of physical development in infancy and early childhood – for example, factors influencing these processes (evolutionary, climatic, geographical, ethnic and genetic factors, constitutional features of mothers, circumstances of intrauterine growth) are analyzed on representative samples. Special attention should be paid to the work on the evaluation in comparative and secular aspects of growth processes and indicators of sexual dimorphism of children under 3 years of age in the countries of the former USSR. Conclusion. Despite the difficulties in working with a rather specific contingent, the fact that these works, together with the results obtained, lead us to conclude that this stage of ontogenesis is represented to a large extent in the works of domestic anthropologists, which allows us to use these data both in the field of interdisciplinary and interdepartmental research.

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Main directions in the study of infants’ growth at Moscow school of anthropology: а review based on the articles published in «Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (MUAB)» for the last 15 years

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2023

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Biomarker «peak Height Velocity» as the Indicator of Secular Dynamics of Physical Status in Intergroup Studies/Comparisons

FEDOTOVA,

GORBACHEVA

2024

Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta Seria XXIII Antropologia)

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Introduction. The goal of study is the estimation of «peak height velocity» (PHV) as the marker of secular trends in addition to secular dynamics of height (H). Material and methods. The study embraces the block of samples of scholars (6/7-17 years) from Russia and former USSR, examined through the vast historical period from 1920th till nowadays, literary data and personal archives of the authors. The main attention is paid to three urban agglomerations - Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Minsk. The following number of parameters is determined for each sample: the age of maximal velocity of growth dynamics of average levels of H during adolescence (APHV), determined according to the empirical patterns of annual changes of average H levels and consequent smoothing by least square method - differentially for boys and girls; and delta between parameters of boys and girls; maximal quantitative level of growth changes in cm (IPHV), different for boys and girls as well, and delta between the parameters. Results. The difference of APHV between boys and girls for each population under study is about two years - boys have delayed PHV as compared to girls in any ecological niche. Secular dynamics of APHV has nonlinear character, doesn’t decrease progressively through the whole historical interval from 1920th to 2000th, despite of permanent increase of the level of anthropogenic stress in cities under analysis, the lowest APHV is fixed in 1980th. Correlations of APHV with absolute annual H values through the age interval 6/7-17 years is systematic and high enough for boys (correlation about 0,5, determination coefficient about 0,25) and accidental for girls, being revealed for only one annual age group among 12 analyzed. Correlations of IPHV with absolute values of H are maximal at 7 years and minimal at 17 years, the level of correlations is less for girls as compared to boys. Conclusion. PHV really marks the secular somatic dynamics along with H itself as genetic marker. Correlation of APHV with absolute annual levels of H through the interval 6/7-17 years is systematic and significant for boys and accidental for girls, which witness to genetic determination of growth tempo of boys. Correlation of IPHV with absolute values of H, having highest levels at 7 years, points to the fact that height at 7 years is a real trigger of PHV parameters.

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Diversity of main anthropometric traits of infants and early age children in connection with anthropogenic factors

Cited by 2 publications

References 8 publications

Main directions in the study of infants’ growth at Moscow school of anthropology: а review based on the articles published in «Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (MUAB)» for the last 15 years

Main directions in the study of infants’ growth at Moscow school of anthropology: а review based on the articles published in «Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (MUAB)» for the last 15 years

Biomarker «peak Height Velocity» as the Indicator of Secular Dynamics of Physical Status in Intergroup Studies/Comparisons

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