%0 Journal Article
%T A methodological proposal for comparing anthropometric measurements between Colombian and US populations PROPUESTA METODOL車GICA PARA LA COMPARACI車N DE MEDICIONES ANTROPOM谷TRICAS ENTRE UNA POBLACI車N BASE Y UNA POBLACI車N OBJETO: UNA APLICACI車N ENTRE POBLACI車N COLOMBIANA Y ESTADOUNIDENSE
%A Sandra M Cubillos-V芍squez
%A Germ芍n J芍uregui-Nieto
%A Jeimy P Aristiz芍bal-Rodr赤guez
%A Claudia Y G車mez-Mart赤nez
%J Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia
%D 2011
%I Universidad Nacional de Colombia
%X Background. Using international growth patterns has been described as being inappropriate for describing a Latin-American population's characteristics and there is limited support for guaranteeing their applicability. Objective. Proposing a statistical methodology for comparing and predicting a target population's anthropometric values from a base population's values. Materials and methods. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used for establishing whether there were significant differences in a local target population's anthropometric measurements and those for a base population and identifying data fit by using a simple linear regression model. Results. There were significant differences between Colombian and US population growth patterns; the anthropometric percentiles studied for the Colombian population were lower than US ones. A greater than 90% coefficient of determination was obtained once the linear ratio had been determined; this led to stating that a linear regression model for all ages from both genders with measurements for the Colombian population could be estimated from US population information. Conclusions. The statistical methodology proposed here fit a target population's nutritional classification when compared to foreign reference patterns where stateorganism accepted reference tables were not available. The results of the present study showed a tendency towards underestimating the Colombian population's nutritional state because it had been compared to populations such as the US population which has different growth trends; such situation may be presented in other populations. Antecedentes. Diferentes estudios refieren que los patrones internacionales de crecimiento son impropios a las caracter赤sticas de la poblaci車n latinoamericana y que existe limitado sustento que garantice su aplicabilidad. Objetivo. Proponer el uso de una metodolog赤a estad赤stica que permita comparar y predecir los valores antropom谷tricos de una poblaci車n objeto a partir de una poblaci車n base. Material y m谷todos. Prueba de Kolmogorov-Smirnov para establecer si existen diferencias significativas en las mediciones antropom谷tricas de una poblaci車n objeto local y una poblaci車n base e identificar el factor de ajuste a trav谷s de un modelo de regresi車n lineal simple. Resultados. Existen diferencias significativas entre los patrones de crecimiento de la poblaci車n colombiana y la estadounidense; los percentiles de la variable antropom谷trica estudiada de la poblaci車n colombiana fueron inferiores a los estadounidenses. Determinada la relaci車n lineal se obtuvo un coeficiente de
%K mediciones
%K m谷todos y teorias
%K estad赤sticas no param谷tricas
%K modelos lineales
%K estatura
%K measurements
%K methods and theories
%K statistics
%K honparametric
%K linear models
%K body height
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