Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia
Stepanova A.V., e-mail: alevtina.s.mail@yandex.ru; Godina E.Z., D.Sc., prof., ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0692-420X, e-mail: egodina11@gmail.com
Morphofunctional characteristics of girls living at high and low altitudes of Kirghizia were ana-lyzed. Data were collected in 1968-69 as a joint project of Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Lo-monosov Moscow State University (Director of the project – Professor N. Miklashevskaya) and Kir-ghizian Medical Institute. Anthropometric survey was held according to the standard protocol, somato-types and development of secondary sex characteristics were evaluated. Statistical analysis was per-formed with the software «Statistica 8.0». Descriptive statistics, Z-scores were calculated; Students t-tests and p-values were calculated to determine the level of significance. One-way ANOVA was used to com-pare the differences in Z-scores in two samples with Scheffe test to determine the significance level. Ta-bles and figures were constructed with the software «Microsoft Office 2013». The results showed significant differences in growth and development patterns of children at high altitudes, as compared to those at low altitudes. Length dimensions, body diameters, circumferences, bone breadths, and fat development demonstrated slow patterns of growth at high altitudes, particularly during puberty. Body proportions were characterized with longer trunk and shorter legs, bigger sagittal chest di-ameter, which led to a more prominent chest shape. The frequency of somatotypes revealed low percent-age of muscle type, and higher percentages of toracal and digestive types at high altitudes. The process of sexual maturation revealed usual consequences of pubertal events. However, mean age of development of secondary sex characteristics as well as the age of their first appearance revealed a significant retardation of girls at high altitudes. Negative influence of extreme conditions such as living at high altitudes on growth and development of children was shown. An important factor affecting morphofunctional status of children and adolescents at high altitudes was a moderate thyroid hypofunction.
anthropology, auxology, growth and development of children, somatotypes, sexual maturation, low altitudes, high altitudes
Цит.: Stepanova A.V.,Godina E.Z. Growth and development of children at high altitudes: interpopulation comparison. Part I. Mor-phofunctional characteristics of girls // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2015; 4/2015; с. 14-33
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