Growth references for Tsimane forager-horticulturalists of the Bolivian Amazon.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Growth standards and references currently used to assess population and individual health are derived primarily from urban populations, including few individuals from indigenous or subsistence groups. Given environmental and genetic differences, growth may vary in these populations. Thus, there is a need to assess whether international standards are appropriate for all populations, and to produce population specific references if growth differs. Here we present and assess growth references for the Tsimane, an indigenous population of Bolivian forager-horticulturalists.

Methods

Mixed cross-sectional/longitudinal anthropometrics (9,614 individuals; 30,118 observations; ages 0-29 years) were used to generate centile curves and Lambda-Mu-Sigma (LMS) tables for height-

SUBMITTER: Blackwell AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5321633 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature