Growth change in Polish women: Reduction of the secular trends?

The aim of the study was to analyse changes in the average height of adult Polish women born in 1931-2001 in the aspect of dynamically changing economic and socio-economic conditions of the living environment. An ethnically homogeneous group of 6,028 adult women from large Polish cities, born in 193...

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Published in:PloS one 2020-11, Vol.15 (11), p.e0242074
Main Authors: Łopuszańska-Dawid, Monika, Szklarska, Alicja
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anthropometry
Biology and Life Sciences
Birth
Body Height
Body measurements
Body Weight
Child development
Comparative analysis
Demographic aspects
Earth Sciences
Economic conditions
Ethics
Female
Gene expression
Grants
Humans
Living conditions
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Morphology (Biology)
People and Places
Physical education
Physiological aspects
Physiology
Poland
Quality of life
Regression Analysis
Research methods
Social aspects
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomics
Standard of living
Trends
Young Adult
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Summary:The aim of the study was to analyse changes in the average height of adult Polish women born in 1931-2001 in the aspect of dynamically changing economic and socio-economic conditions of the living environment. An ethnically homogeneous group of 6,028 adult women from large Polish cities, born in 1931-2001, living between 1931 and 2020, were examined using the same research methods and research equipment. All women were divided into eight birth cohorts. The Kruskal-Wallis test and multiple regression analyses were used. Root Mean Square Standardized Effect (RMSSE), critical value of the test, and test power were calculated. The average height of women born during 70 years of the study increased by 9.63 cm, from 158.22 cm (SD = 5.57 cm) to 167.85 cm (SD = 6.91 cm) (H = 1084.84, p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0242074