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Pima Indian children are taller, heavier, and have a higher percentage of body fat compared to Caucasian children.
Practitioners should consider ethnic differences in body composition when assessing children's health.
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Pima Indians were taller (143 +/- 9 vs. 137 +/- 8 cm, P < 0.001), heavier (48.6 +/- 15.8 vs. 32.9 +/- 7.8 kg, P < 0.0001) and fatter (39 +/- 16 vs. 24 +/- 7% fat, P < 0.001) than Caucasians.
Why this rating
Based on the comparative analysis of two distinct populations.
Source
Decreased physical activity in Pima Indian compared with Caucasian children.
A M Fontvieille et al. · PubMed · 1993
cross-sectional · n=85Cited 74×
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