Article
Anthropometric comparison of mentally retarded males with and without the fragile X syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Butler M G, Allen G A, Haynes J L, Singh D N, Watson M S, Breg W R
Abstract excerpt
An anthropometric survey of 41 variables (weight, height, 10 linear, 4 breadth, 22 craniofacial, 2 skinfold, and testicular volume), including multivariate discriminant analysis, was undertaken on 110 mentally retarded males (39 with and 71 without the fra(X) syndrome). The mean Z scores of the fra(X) syndrome males fell between -2.00 and 8.38 for bizygomatic diameter and testicular volume, respectively, and the...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Anthropometry
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Humans
- Intellectual Disability
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
