PREDICTINGFINAL STATURE AND BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN OF JESSORE DISTRICT IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

Objective:The purpose of the present study was to predict the final stature and biological parameters for the school children from Jessore district in Bangladesh. Study Design: The primary data on stature collected from 89 subjects longitudinally,using two-stage sampling strategy. Place and Duration of Study:This study was placed on Jessore district in Bangladesh and duration from November 2006 to November 2018. Material and Method:Bootstrap resampling method was used for addressing the population estimate. The software IBM SPSS 26 was used to estimate the parameters of the BTT growth model. Results: For Bangladeshi boys, the adolescent phase was started from the age 10.77 years with stature 136.87 cm and velocity 4.04 cm/year and attended the peak velocity 6.05 cm/year with stature 152.76 cm at the age 13.96 year and the growth process will be resulted with the final stature 171.33 cm at the age 25 years. For girls, the adolescent phase was started from the age 11.48 years with stature 141.93 cm and velocity 3.83 cm/year and attended the peak velocity 3.90 cm/year with stature 147.64 cm at the age 13.94 year and the growth process will be resulted with the final stature 158.20 cm at the age 25 years. The Age of takeoff in children growing at higher rate than American but lower than European and British for boys but for girls, it was higher rate. Conclusion:These results can be used to treatment and observing the childs growth in Bangladesh as well as in the world.