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  • Title: Secular change in growth of native children and adolescents at high altitude I. Puno, Peru (3800 meters).
    Author: Gonzales G, Crespo-Retes I, Guerra-García R.
    Journal: Am J Phys Anthropol; 1982 Jun; 58(2):191-5. PubMed ID: 7114201.
    Abstract:
    A cross sectional sample of 969 native males from Puno (Peru), altitude 3800 m, ranging in age from 7-20 years, and studied for body height, weight, sitting height, leg length, and chest circumference in 1980, were compared, from the point of view of secular trend, with another cross sectional sample of 992 native males from the same place, which were investigated in 1945. In addition, similar observations were carried out in 1980, in a group of 112 females. The data indicate that in Puno there has been no secular increment in the adult body size. However for all ages between 7 and 19 years, body weight and height were significantly greater in 1980 than in 1945. This may be due to earlier sexual maturation in the present generation.
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