Teasdale T W, Owen D R, Sørensen T I
Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hum Biol. 1991 Feb;63(1):19-30.
Stature and intellectual ability are commonly found to correlate positively (r approximately 0.2). In this study we have assessed whether this relationship holds true at the extremes of stature in adults. From a representative study population of 76,111 young Danish men, we defined an extremely short group as those below the 2d percentile (less than or equal to 163 cm) and an extremely tall group as those above the 98th percentile (greater than or equal to 191 cm). The short group had intelligence test scores and educational levels lying at approximately two-thirds of a standard deviation below the overall means. The tall group had means lying approximately one-half standard deviation above the overall means. These deviations are to a large degree in agreement with the observed overall correlations of height with intelligence test scores (r = 0.244) and with educational level (r = 0.264). Both groups, however, appear to score somewhat below the levels expected from a purely linear relationship. For the short group there appear to be local factors that are particularly detrimental to intellectual ability. For the tall group corresponding local factors are relatively independent of intellectual ability.
通常发现身高与智力能力呈正相关（r约为0.2）。在本研究中，我们评估了这种关系在成年人身高极端情况下是否成立。从76111名丹麦年轻男性的代表性研究人群中，我们将极矮组定义为身高低于第2百分位数（小于或等于163厘米）的人群，将极高组定义为身高高于第98百分位数（大于或等于191厘米）的人群。矮组的智力测试分数和教育水平比总体均值低约三分之二个标准差。高组的均值比总体均值高约二分之一个标准差。这些偏差在很大程度上与观察到的身高与智力测试分数（r = 0.244）以及与教育水平（r = 0.264）的总体相关性一致。然而，两组的得分似乎都略低于纯线性关系所预期的水平。对于矮组，似乎存在特别不利于智力能力的局部因素。对于高组，相应的局部因素与智力能力相对独立。
