Secular Changes in Growth of Japanese Children

Takaishi, Masahiro

doi:10.1515/jpem.1994.7.2.163

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“…Growth during infancy is also special in the way that growth deficits occurring during infancy seem to persist (Karlberg et al, 1988;Martorell et al, 1994;Golden, 1994). This is in accordance with studies suggesting that the secular increase in adult stature mainly occurs during early childhood (Takaishi, 1994;Bock & Sykes, 1989;Schmidt et al, 1995).…”

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Nutrition and Growth During Infancy The Copenhagen Cohort Study

Michaelsen

1997

Acta Paediatrica

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Nutrition and Growth During Infancy The Copenhagen Cohort Study

Michaelsen

1997

Acta Paediatrica

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“…Corresponding long-term secular increases in body size and reductions in ages at menarche and at maximum growth have also been reported in Japanese populations (Kimura, 1977;Moriyama et al, 1980;Matsumoto, 1982;Murata and Hibi, 1992;Takaishi, 1994). More recently, significant secular increases in stature and decreases in estimated ages at maximum growth have been reported in the dominant Han population of the People's Republic of China and several ethnic minorities in mainland China since the 1950s (Ljn et al, 1992a;Ohsawa and Ji, 1993;J i and Ohsawa, 1993;J i et al, 1995).…”

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Secular changes in the stature and weight of Taiwanese children, 1964–1988

Huang

Malina

1995

American J Hum Biol

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Secular changes in mean statures and body weights of nationally representative samples of school children from Taiwan, republic of china, between 1964 and 1988 are described. The trend is for continuous increase in both measures from 1964 through 1988, and the more recent data suggest that the positive secular trend is continuing more so in males than in females. Estimated ages at peak height velocity (PHV) and peak weight velocity (PWV), based on the Preece-Baines model I applied to the cross-sectional means, decline linearly in both sexes at about 0.04 yr/yr and 0.05 yr/yr, respectively. Chinese children in Taiwan, Republic of China, are, on average, heavier than Chinese children from the People's Republic of china, but differences in mean statures are negligible. Chinese children in Taiwan mature about 0.5 to 0.7 year earlier (estimated ages at PHV) than those in the People's Republic of China. Estimated rates of secular change in stature tend to be slightly greater in chinese children from the People's Republic of China between the 1950s and 1985 than in Chinese children from Taiwan, Republic of China, between 1964 and 1988. In contrast, estimated rates of secular change in body weight are greater in children from Taiwan than in children from the People's Republic of China. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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“…R' 1995 WIley-Llss. Inc During the last half century, the Japanese population has gone through significant microevolutionary changes, and the eifects of these changes have been analyzed in a number of studies, particularly in child growth (Kimura, 1984;Takaishi, 1994). These changes have been manifest in nutrition, population size and dcmographics, mobility, and lifestyle.…”

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Sexual dimorphism in modern Japanese crania

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Yoshino

Kato

1995

American J Hum Biol

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The Japanese population has gone through significant micro-evolutionary changes during the last half century. One approach to quantify these changes is an osteometric analysis of sexual variation in the skeleton. The present study evaluates sexual dimorphism in modern Japanese cranial dimensions. Comprehensive osteometric data were obtained from 84 modern Japanese skeletons of known sex and age at death from the dissecting room collection at Jikei Medical University, Tokyo. The remains were macerated between 1960 and 1970 and thus are from individuals who lived through World War II. A total of 16 cranial dimensions were subjected to SPSS-X discriminant function analysis. Using 11 measurements of the cranium, five dimensions were selected by the stepwise discriminant methods, including bigonial breadth. In a second stepwise function using 11 cranial measurements, seven contributed to the function. In both functions, mastoid height was selected first and prediction accuracy averaged 84%. Because of its significant contribution, a function was calculated from mastoid height alone. This produced an average of 74% prediction accuracy. In general, width dimensions better reflected differences between the sexes. The accuracy of correct classification from the Jikei sample was slightly lower than those of earlier Japanese populations. The results of this study also suggested that sexual dimorphism in Japanese crania may have decreased as a result of an increase in size of females. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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Secular Changes in Growth of Japanese Children

Cited by 31 publications

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Nutrition and Growth During Infancy The Copenhagen Cohort Study

Nutrition and Growth During Infancy The Copenhagen Cohort Study

Secular changes in the stature and weight of Taiwanese children, 1964–1988

Sexual dimorphism in modern Japanese crania

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