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A comparison of growth: Spanish-surnamed with non-Spanish-surnamed children

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  • Duncan, B.
  • Smith, A.N.
  • Briese, F.W.

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Weight, height, and head circumference measurements of 4,167 Spanish-surnamed school-aged children were compared with similar data from 2,322 non-Spanish surnamed children who resided in the same Denver, Colorado neighborhoods. These data were also compared with data from six other studies. Both male and female Spanish-surnamed children were found to weigh less, be shorter, and have smaller head circumferences than non-Spanish-surnamed children living in the same Denver neighborhoods. The sizes of the children in these two populations residing in lower and lower-middle class neighborhoods were closer to each other than to the sizes of children from middle and upper-middle socioeconomic classes as measured in previous studies or to the sizes of children in the recently published cross-sectional National Center for Health Statistics study. Such comparisons suggest that growth retardation is more a reflection of socioeconomic factors than of ethnic-genetic factors.

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  • Duncan, B. & Smith, A.N. & Briese, F.W., 1979. "A comparison of growth: Spanish-surnamed with non-Spanish-surnamed children," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 69(9), pages 903-907.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.69.9.903_2
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.69.9.903
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