Secular variability of head sizes in Belarusian children (Minsk)
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Section GROWTH and DEVELOPMENT
SECULAR VARIABILITY OF HEAD SIZES IN BELARUSIAN CHILDREN (MINSK)
Hurbo Tatyana
Department of Anthropology and Ecology, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
(NAS), Minsk, Belarus
The trends in variability of general head sizes (head circumference, longitudinal diameter and transverse
diameter) and the shape of head (cephalic index) in 4–17-year-old children of Minsk over the last 80
years (1920–2000) are analyzed. <...> In 1980–2000 a signifi cant increase of all indices was revealed. <...> A signifi cant
growth of general head sizes was completed in 1980-2000. <...> If there were some variations in head circumference
and longitudinal diameter in children of different age during these 20 years (fi rst some reduction, then
some increase), the transverse diameter reduced at all ages. <...> The reduction of the cephalic index continued
in 1980–2000 due to a more intensive reduction of the average values of the head breadth in comparison to
the head length. <...> So some changes in head shape and sizes in children of Minsk were observed during 80
years: the process of dolichocephalization (or debrachycephalization), i.e. a decrease of the head index (the
ratio of the transverse diameter to the longitudinal one) was revealed. <...> If in 1920–1980 this process took place
together with the increase of head sizes, then in 1980–2000 both longitudinal and transverse diameters were
reduced, the decrease of the transverse diameter being more signifi cant.
Key words: head sizes, dolichocephalization, Belarusian children
Contact information: Hurbo Tatyana, e-mail: hurbo@mail.ru. <...> ASSOCIATION
WITH ANTHROPOMETRICS IN CHILDREN FROM THE GREATER
BILBAO (SPAIN)
Jelenkovic Aline1,2,3
Bilbao, Spain
2
, Esther Rebato1
1Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country,
IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
3Department of Public Health, Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Birth order has been related to the anthropometric variation both in children and adults, but the evidence
is still inconsistent. <...> Examining the relationship in different populations may lead to improved insight. <...> We aim
to determine the associations between birth order and a set of anthropometric traits defi ning body morphology
and composition. <...> Simple measures and derived variables [stature, iliospinal height, weight, body mass <...>
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