Table 4.
Results of regression models of anthropometry z scores on the number of indigenous parental surnames among highland and lowland Peruvian children, adjusting for potential confounding variables
| Measurement z score | Highland | Lowland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altitude (km) | Number of indigenous parental surnames | Number of indigenous parental surnames | |||||
| B | P | B | Standard error (B) | P | B | P | |
| Tibia length | −0.65 | <0.001 | −0.18 | 0.05 | 0.002 | 0.03 | 0.6 |
| Relative tibia length | −0.49 | 0.001 | −0.13 | 0.05 | 0.005 | −0.004 | 0.9 |
| Lower limb length | −0.66 | 0.001 | −0.16 | 0.06 | 0.01 | −0.02 | 0.7 |
| Stature | −0.62 | 0.001 | −0.14 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.5 |
| Ulna length | −0.72 | <0.001 | −0.12 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.9 |
| Relative lower limb length | −0.57 | 0.002 | −0.12 | 0.06 | 0.04 | −0.04 | 0.5 |
| Head‐trunk height | ns | −0.12 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.3 | |
| Head circumference | ns | −0.11 | 0.07 | 0.08 | −0.03 | 0.7 | |
| Relative ulna length | −0.49 | 0.001 | −0.08 | 0.04 | 0.09 | −0.02 | 0.7 |
| Upper limb length | −0.61 | 0.001 | −0.09 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.7 |
| Hand length | ns | −0.09 | 0.06 | 0.2 | −0.03 | 0.7 | |
| Foot length | −0.37 | 0.07 | −0.09 | 0.06 | 0.2 | −0.02 | 0.7 |
| Relative upper limb length | −0.40 | 0.003 | −0.05 | 0.05 | 0.5 | −0.01 | 0.8 |
Bold indicates P < 0.05. Blank cells denote variable excluded from model as P < 0.1.
See Supporting Information Tables S2 and S3 for details of confounders for highland and lowland samples respectively. Variables are ordered in the table by P values for number of indigenous surnames among highland children.