Anthropometric Measurements Amongst Contemporary Deceased Adults From New Mexico Vary in Relation to Childhood Socioeconomic Status.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Energetic deficits through lack of access to resources and/or increased exposure to stressors are associated with the disadvantaged biocultural environments often afforded to individuals with lower socioeconomic status (SES). We use anthropometric and demographic data collected from 224 adult (aged 20-50 years) individuals whose computed tomography (CT) scans are housed in the New Mexico Decedent Image Database to explore how various limb proportions differ between childhood SES levels.

Materials and methods

Relationships between childhood SES and body proportions, calculated from standard anthropometrics measured on CT scans, were tested using ANOVA and ANCOVA.

Results

Higher-SES individuals have larger dimensions for a given trunk length than lower-SES in

SUBMITTER: Wiley AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12665644 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature