Weights, Heights and Quetelet's Indices of Children with Sickle-cell Anaemia ( Sicklers).
| Autor: | Emodi KJ, Kaine WN |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics, Vol 23, Iss 2, Pp 37-41 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0302-4660 2814-2985 |
| Popis: | Summary: The Weights, heights, and Quetelet's indices (QI) of 322 sicklers, aged between six and 16 years were compared with those of 319 healthy school children matched for sex, age and social class. The mean weight for the healthy male controls was 37.27 + 9.82kg compared with 26.S + 7.3kg for the sicklers. Corresponding mean weights for the female controls and the female sicklers were 35.90 + 8.6kg and 27.09 +8.6 kg, respectively. These differences in means weights between the controls and the sicklers of both sexes were significant (P |
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