Hereditary and environmental determinants of growth in height in a longitudinal sample of children and youth of Guatemalan and European ancestry

Johnston, Francis E.; Wainer, Howard; Thissen, David; MacVean, Robert B.

doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330440310

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“…This suggests that in a relatively well-nourished population, such as USA cohort, it may only be among the shortest category that there are individuals who have experienced nutritional restriction during growth suffi cient to affect both their ultimate stature and their future risk of cancer. The greater effect of stature on cancer observed in men compared with women is consistent with evidence suggesting increased sensitivity of stature to environmental influences in boys compared with girls [45,90], In addition, there was a stronger association in the leg length component of stature, compared with sitting height. Leg length is also more sensitive to environmental influences than sitting height, especially during adoles cence [90],…”

Section: Adult Anthropometry and Chronic Diseasessupporting

confidence: 82%

“…The greater effect of stature on cancer observed in men compared with women is consistent with evidence suggesting increased sensitivity of stature to environmental influences in boys compared with girls [45,90], In addition, there was a stronger association in the leg length component of stature, compared with sitting height. Leg length is also more sensitive to environmental influences than sitting height, especially during adoles cence [90],…”

Section: Adult Anthropometry and Chronic Diseasessupporting

confidence: 82%

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Functional Consequences from Varying Patterns of Growth and Maturation during Adolescence

Micozzi¹

1993

Horm Res

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Measurement of the growth of children among different populations has been important in assessing health and nutritional status. It is also useful in predicting functional consequences and long-term outcomes in the adult population. Childhood and adolescent growth patterns have been related to life expectancy as well as to the development of specific diseases such as coronary heart disease, diabetes and cancer (breast, ovary, prostate and pancreas). Childhood and adolescent growth has also been indirectly related to adult obesity. While these indirect observations do not suggest strategies for clinical intervention during childhood, they provide a framework for considerations of the influence of adolescent growth and maturation on the risk of chronic diseases, and for the application of anthropometry to research on diet and chronic disease.

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Section: Adult Anthropometry and Chronic Diseasessupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Adult Anthropometry and Chronic Diseasessupporting

confidence: 82%

Functional Consequences from Varying Patterns of Growth and Maturation during Adolescence

Micozzi¹

1993

Horm Res

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“…The decrease of the effect of the season of birth with age is most probably related to an increasing role of genetic regulation of growth during adolescence (Johnston et al, 1975). This genetically programmed growth is not season related and thus tends to erase earlier responses to environmental stimuli.…”

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“…Particular factors seem to play various roles at different times during ontogeny. It has been postulated (Johnston et al, 1975) that environmental influences are responsible for a larger share of total phenotypic variance during prepubertal years than during adolescence, when genetic polymorphism becomes more important.Human ada tation can be described as ment, long-term irreversible ecosensitive responses of individuals, and short-term reversible adjustments of organisms. The importance for the understanding o P human non ofgrowth is erroneously terme i a "nutrioccurring at t K ree levels: genetic endowgenetic level is that of evolutionary adaptation; the reversible adjustments fall mainly into the realm of physiolo (Strzalko et al,…”

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Height and weight differences among South African Urban schoolchildren born in various months of the year

Henneberg

Louw

1990

American J Hum Biol

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Among 1,165 subjects aged 6-18 years who were examined once cross-sectionally, a significant variation in body height and weight according to the month of birth of the subjects was found. All subjects belonged to the so-called Cape Coloured community, were born locally, and their parents belonged to the most affluent sector of the community. Individuals born in February to July were shorter and weighed less (by 13 to 17% of the standard deviation) than those born in August to January. These results are similar to those obtained for Canadian children, who were measured on their birthdays. Since our individuals were measured only once, at the same time of the year, observed differences cannot be ascribed to seasonal fluctuations of growth rates prior to measurement but must constitute a persistent effect of seasonal fluctuation in earlier growth. Immediate environmental conditions (food, temperature, rainfall, and insolation) in the Southern Hemisphere fluctuate seasonally 6 months out of phase from those in the Northern Hemisphere. Thus the similarity of our findings to those from the Northern Hemisphere suggests a factor common for the entire earth, possibly related to the ellipsoid shape of the orbit of the planet.

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“…Distances and velocities of growth in height and weight of high SES Ladino children, from the same population represented in the present study (but different individuals), have been analyzed previously (Johnston et al, 1973(Johnston et al, , 1976Bogin andMacVean, 1978,1983). Compared with similarly privileged children living i n North America or Europe, wealthy Guatemalan children have somewhat slower rates of growth in height during the preadolescent years but comparable growth rates during adolescence in terms of both age at onset of the adolescent growth spurt and the magnitude of peak growth velocity.…”

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Longitudinal growth in height, weight, and bone age of Guatemalan Ladino and Indian schoolchildren

Bogin

Sullivan

Hauspie³

et al. 1989

American J Hum Biol

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Three longitudinal samples of Guatemalan schoolchildren are compared for amounts and rates of growth in height, weight, and bone age. The samples include children of two ethnic backgrounds: Ladinos, Spanish-speaking people of, generally, Western cultural orientation; and Indians, people of Mayan cultural descent. The Indians are of very low socioeconomic status (SES) and attend a public school in a rural village. The Ladinos come from two SES groups living in Guatemala City, one of high SES attending a private school and the other of low SES attending a public school. Graphical and statistical analyses show that for all samples of boys and girls there are generally, significant differences between samples (high SES>low SES>Indian) for amounts of growth in height, weight, and bone age. Boys show significant differences in rates of growth between samples, with the high SES sample growing more rapidly than the two low SES samples. Girls show significant differences in the rate of growth in height, but not in the rate of growth in weight or bone age. For Both boys and girls, rates of growth in height and weight differ more between samples than does rate of Skeltal development. These results demonstrate that (1) SES-related deficits in growth are cumulative during childhood and early adolescence, that (2) rates of growth for boys are, generally, more sensitive to the influence of SES than are the growth rates of girls, and that (3) childhood growth deficits of low SES children of low SES children are likely to carry over into adulthood.

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Hereditary and environmental determinants of growth in height in a longitudinal sample of children and youth of Guatemalan and European ancestry

Cited by 89 publications

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Functional Consequences from Varying Patterns of Growth and Maturation during Adolescence

Functional Consequences from Varying Patterns of Growth and Maturation during Adolescence

Height and weight differences among South African Urban schoolchildren born in various months of the year

Longitudinal growth in height, weight, and bone age of Guatemalan Ladino and Indian schoolchildren

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