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The influence of genetic and environmental factors on stature is well known. However it is difficult to study separately the influence of each factor. It has been shown that the lower SEL the higher influence of environmental factors. Nutrition and physical activities influence height and lean and fat body mass. We studied the composition of adolescents with normal and retarded height in different SEL. Children aged 10-16 years of both sexes, in Tanner stages II to V, were studied (n = 3211). Height for age (H/A), weight for height (W/H), lean and fat arm mass (LAM and FAM) were evaluated using NCHS tables; SEL, using Graffar modified scale and breast and genital development, using Tanner stages. Growth failure was diagnosed when H/A was less than 95% of adequate and normal stature when between 95 and 105%. Growth retarded boys of low SEL in early Tanner stages had less LAM and FAM. Boys of normal stature and low SEL had low LAM in the early and late pubertal stages but increased FAM in the early stage. Growth retarded girls in varying SEL exhibited no differences in LAM and FAM until the onset of puberty when those of low SEL exhibited increased FAM. Girls of normal stature and low SEL had low LAM and FAM in the parly stages and exhibited increased FAM in the late stages of puberty. We conclude that environmental factors can influence body composition.
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Muzzo, S., Mauricci, A., Zvaighaft, A. et al. BODY COMPOSITION ACCORDING TO ADEQUATION OF STATURE OF ADOLESCENT OF DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS (SEL). Pediatr Res 22, 371 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198709000-00046
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198709000-00046