Heights and Weights of Jamaican Children with Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease

Document Type

Article

Authors

M F. Lowry, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
P Desai, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
M T. Ashcroft, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
B E. Serjeant, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
G R. Serjeant, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

Abstract

Heights and weights were measured in a cross-sectional study of 99 Jamaican children aged 2-13 years with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease. In comparison with Jamaican standards, children with SS weighed less at all ages whereas little difference was found in height. Levels of total hemoglobin, fetal hemoglobin, reticulocytes and irreversibly sickled cells (ISC) were determined at various ages. No clearcut relationships could be demonstrated between these parameters and anthropometric measurements.

Recommended Citation

Lowry, M F.; Desai, P; Ashcroft, M T.; Serjeant, B E.; and Serjeant, G R. (1977) "Heights and Weights of Jamaican Children with Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease," Human Biology: Vol. 49: Iss. 3, Article 16.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol49/iss3/16