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. 2001 Feb 24;25(3):138–141. doi: 10.1007/s002640000192

Anthropometry and clinical features of Kashin-Beck disease in central Tibet

F Mathieu 1, F Begaux 2, C Suetens 3, V De Maertelaer 4, M Hinsenkamp 5
PMCID: PMC3620639  PMID: 11482526

Abstract

We compared two different populations living in central Tibet with the purpose of establishing standard values for different anthropometric parameters in a rural population. Later on, these values were used as references for a similar study on a KBD population. One group (KBD) (n=1246) came from the endemic areas, and the other group, serving as the control population (n=815), came from non-endemic areas. Both groups included children and adults and were of the Mongoloid type; they were farmers or semi-nomads. Height, weight, segment length, joint perimeter, joint diameter, joint movement were recorded. Also more subjective information such as general feeling of tiredness, rapid fatigue at work, work limitation, joint pain, muscle weakness, muscular atrophy, dwarfism, flatfoot, and waddling gate was also collected. Those variables were compared between the two groups.

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