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Are There Differences in Body Dimensions Among Children from Matings at Different Exogamic Levels?

E. Sanna
M. R. Soro
E. Cau
G. Floris


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The aim of this study was to investigate if there are differences in body dimensions
among children from matings of different levels of exogamy. The cross-sectional sample
consisted of 285 children, 136 males and 149 females, 6 to 10 years old, attending elementary
schools in Tortolì, a town in east-central Sardinia. The children were divided
into four groups according to the level of exogamy. One of them included the children of
parents born in the same Sardinian village is highly endogamous. For each sex, the
Kruskal-Wallis test revealed no significant differences among the four groups of children
for the 35 anthropometric variables considered, with the exception of head circumference
in the male sample. In particular, there were no significant differences among
the four groups of children for some anthropometric variables that are considered to be
indirect indicators of nutritional status: sum of skinfolds, waist/hip ratio, body mass
index, total upper arm area, upper arm muscle area, upper arm fat area. We conclude
that Sardinian children from mariages of different levels of exogamy do not differ in
body dimensions if they have similar nutritional conditions.

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Hrčak ID:

28256

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/28256

Datum izdavanja:

17.6.2002.

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