Gupta Ranjan, Basu Amitabha
Anthropometry and Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta 700 035, India.
Am J Hum Biol. 1991;3(1):1-9. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.1310030103.
The results of the anthropometric survey of Sherpa children of both sexes (n = 478) from high- and low-altitude areas in the eastern Himalayas are presented. The study reveals that growth is slower both more prolonged in the high-altitude Sherpas compared with growth at low altitude and that Sherpa children are the smallest of all the high-altitude populations considered here. Sexual dimorphism is not well defined during the earlier age periods. Our skinfold thickness data from the low-altitude Sherpas corroborate the centripetal distribution of fat found elsewhere.
本文展示了对喜马拉雅山脉东部高海拔和低海拔地区夏尔巴族儿童（共478名，男女皆有）进行人体测量调查的结果。研究表明，与低海拔地区相比，高海拔地区夏尔巴族儿童的生长速度更慢，持续时间更长，且夏尔巴族儿童是本文所研究的所有高海拔人群中体型最小的。在早期阶段，两性差异并不明显。我们从低海拔地区夏尔巴族儿童获取的皮褶厚度数据证实了其他地方所发现的脂肪向心性分布。
