Inter-regional differences in body proportions in Indian children and adolescents-a cross-sectional multicentric study

• Main Authors: Smruti Vispute (Author), Vaman Khadilkar (Author), Anuradha Khadilkar (Author), Veena Ekbote (Author), Narendra Singh (Author), Shashi Chiplonkar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Sitting height (SH) and leg length (LL) help in assessing disproportionate growth. Anthropometric dissimilarity has been observed in different ethnicities. Aim: To (1) study sitting height and body proportions in children from different regions of India; and (2) compare sitting height an...