24 Knee height has been the most frequently used in measure for predicting in cases where full 25 height is difficult to measure. The aim of this study was to develop and validate predictive 26 equations using knee height to estimate the height of Thai women. The female participants 27 were 18-59 years of age and lived in Bangkok and three surrounding provinces. They were 28 assigned to one of ...

In Francis Galton’s 1886 paper “Regression Towards Mediocrity in Hereditary Stature,” Galton analyzed the heights of 928 adult children and their 205 pairs of parents to illustrate his linear regression model. Although Galton’s data have been recalled frequently to illustrate linear regression and regression toward the mean, no one seems to have noticed that his height data do not fit his model...

This study was conducted to determine if VO, of stepping in children is affected by altering the step platform height based on leg length. The effect of leg length on VO, and heart rate (HR) during stepping was examined in 19 children, ages 8-17, who stepped onto 5 different bench heights that corresponded to hip angles of 65", 73", 82", 90°, or 98". VO, and HR response to a work load of 8 m . ...

We examine spatial convergence in biological well-being in the Habsburg Monarchy circa 1890-1910 on the basis of evidence on the physical stature of 21-year-old recruits disaggregated into 15 districts. We find that the shorter was the population in 1890 the faster its height grew thereafter. Hence, there was convergence in physical stature between the peripheral areas of the monarchy (located ...

Sub-Sahara African populations are tall relative to the extremely adverse disease environment and their low incomes. Selective mortality, which removes shorter individuals leaving taller individuals in the population, was proposed as an explanation. From heights of surviving and non-surviving children in Gambia, we estimate the size of the survivorship bias and find it to be too small to accoun...

The dental and skeletal dimensions of individuals with Class I skeletal pattern in puberty were compared. Eighty patients with Class I malocclusion were selected, independent of the vertical relations (overbite) of the incisors. The sample was divided into 3 groups: normal, short and excessive lower anterior face height, based on facial proportions. The dental and skeletal measurements of the 3...

During the 1997 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron World Junior Rowing Championships, anthropometric data on 383 male junior rowers were assessed. With 430 participating athletes, the sample represented 89% of the population. In addition to age, 27 dimensions were measured: body mass, six heights or lengths, four breadths, 10 girths, and six skinfolds. The elite male junior rowers ...

Underperformance in affluence: the remarkable relative decline in American heights in the second half of the 20th-century Objective: We use the complete set of NHES and NHANES data collected between 1959 and 2004 in order to construct trends for the physical stature of the non-Hispanic white and black US adult population and compare them to those of Western-and Northern-Europeans. Method: Regre...