Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia
Fedotova Tatiana K, Ph.D., D.Sc., ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7750-7924, e-mail: tatiana.fedotova@mail.ru; Gorbacheva Anna K., Ph.D., ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5201-7128, e-mail: angoria@yandex.ru; Sukhova Alla V., Ph.D., ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8809-3592, e-mail: alla-sukhova@bk.ru
Introduction. The aim of the work is to estimate the contribution of the number of family and biological factors (number and circumstances of pregnancy and delivery, strategy of feeding, deseases, hematological characteristics at birth, appearance of the first tooth, age and social status of parents, number of children in the family) to the variation of somatic development of infants during the first year of life. Materials and methods. Data was collected in one of Moscow outpatient clinics using the information of personal health records. The data is the longitudinal sample, including the monthly dynamics of basic physical parameters from 0 to 12 months of age – body length and mass, head and chest circumferences – and information about relevant growth factors. To investigate interrelations of body dimensions and potential growth factors the correlation coefficient or analysis of variance was applied considering the form of variation of the analyzed factors. Results and discussion. Significant correlations of low level 0.2-0.3 are revealed with parental social status for boys and girls, with the number of children in the family and hematological status at birth for more ecosensitive boys. The correlations with different diseases during infancy, age of the first tooth eruption and parental age were rarer. Significant associations with strategy of feeding, circumstances of pregnancy and delivery were quite seldom. Conclusion. The levels of correlation coefficients in the range of 0.2-0.4 account for not more than 4-16% of variation of the body dimensions. It means that growth processes of children are regulated by many independent factors, and the influence of each of such factors is very moderate. The normal distribution of anthropometric parameters is the consequence of this mechanism.
Lomonosov MSU, anthropology, longitudinal sample, Moscow infants, body length, body mass, head and chest circumferences, parental social status, number of children in the family, hematological status at birth, diseases, correlations, analysis of variance
Цит.: Fedotova T.K., Gorbacheva A.K., Sukhova A.V. Some factors of variation of body dimensions of infants // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2012; 1/2012; с. 84-91
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