Reference charts of sitting height, leg length and body proportions for Chinese children aged 0-18 years

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 223-230

  Zhang, Ya Qin ^a   Li, Hui ^a  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

Author keywords

Body proportion; children and adolescents; percentile curves; reference charts; sitting height; sitting height leg length ratio; subischial leg length

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE STRUCTURE; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; HEIGHT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CHINA;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84943155764     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2014.934283     Document Type: Article

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