Physical growth of the shuar: Height, Weight, and BMI references for an indigenous amazonian population.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Information concerning physical growth among small-scale populations remains limited, yet such data are critical to local health efforts and to foster basic understandings of human life history and variation in childhood development. Using a large dataset and robust modeling methods, this study aims to describe growth from birth to adulthood among the indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador.

Methods

Mixed-longitudinal measures of height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) were collected from Shuar participants (n = 2,463; age: 0-29 years). Centile growth curves and tables were created for each anthropometric variable of interest using Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale, and Shape (GAMLSS). Pseudo-velocity and Lambda-Mu-Sigma curves were generated to furt

SUBMITTER: Urlacher SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4696921 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature