Height, Weight and Body Mass Index Percentiles of Children Aged 6-14 Years Living at Moderate Altitudes

MALKOÇ, İsmail; MAZICIOĞLU, MUSTAFA; Ozkan, Behzat; KONDOLOT, MEDA; Kurtoglu, Selim; Yesilyurt, Hakki

doi:10.4274/jcrpe.559

Height, Weight and Body Mass Index Percentiles of Children Aged 6-14 Years Living at Moderate Altitudes

MALKOÇ İ., MAZICIOĞLU M. M., Ozkan B., KONDOLOT M., Kurtoglu S., Yesilyurt H.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY, cilt.4, sa.1, ss.14-20, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2012
Doi Numarası: 10.4274/jcrpe.559
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.14-20
Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Individuals living at high altitudes are reported to have lower stature and also a smaller chest size in relation to their stature. Altitude-related hypobaric hypoxia is considered to be the major cause of these alterations in growth, but adverse socioeconomic and/or other environmental conditions may also have a role in poor growth performance. This study was undertaken to provide growth data on children and adolescents living in a moderate-altitude area in Turkey.