Eckes L
Gegenbaurs Morphol Jahrb. 1976;122(2):129-46.
There are 3 main components influencing the mean stature of high altitude natives. The lower mean birthweight, which seems to result from the impossibility of complete adaptation during the last trimenon of gestation, which cannot be fully compensated during life. The general protein deficiency, or the habits of nutrition which are not comparable with the food-composition in industry-nations may be important. A definitive undernourishment has not been observed in those nations with longtime adaptation to the available food since generations, but several deficiencies of substances which specially influence growth, cannot be outruled. We also have to recognize the generally lower mean stature of the population in whole (South America Indians), that means of the both parents of a child. In the presence of low gene flow from one to the other generation this may influence also individual body measurement.
有三个主要因素影响高海拔地区原住民的平均身高。较低的平均出生体重，这似乎是由于在妊娠晚期无法完全适应所致，而这种情况在出生后无法得到充分补偿。普遍的蛋白质缺乏，或者与工业国家食物组成不可比的营养习惯可能很重要。在那些世世代代长期适应现有食物的国家，尚未观察到明确的营养不良情况，但几种对生长有特殊影响的物质缺乏情况不能排除。我们还必须认识到整个群体（南美洲印第安人）普遍较低的平均身高，也就是孩子父母双方的身高。如果一代到另一代之间基因流动较少，这也可能影响个体的身体测量。
