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Secular changes of pelvis in Croatian perinatal women
Publication date: Available online 5 October 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology Author(s): H. Soljačić Vraneš , S. Nakić Radoš The goal of the study was to examine secular changes of pelvic size in parturient women over the 25-year period from 1985 to 2009. Data were collected from randomly selected patients’ medical records of 2414 parturient women from four time periods (1985-1986, 1992-1994, 2000-2002, and 2007-2009). Three different pelvic measurements were collected: distantia spinarum, distantia cristarum, and distantia trochanterica. Regression analyses were conducted in order to te...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 12, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Association between ABO blood group and osteoporosis among postmenopausal women of North India
Publication date: Available online 5 October 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology Author(s): Maninder Kaur The present study is an attempt to examine possible associations between ABO blood groups and the risk of osteoporosis among postmenopausal women of North India. This cross-sectional study involved 250 postmenopausal women from North India, ranging in age from 45 to 80 years. Four anthropometric measurements (height, weight, waist circumference and hip circumference), blood sample (ABO status and haemoglobin concentration) and grip strength (dominant as well as non-dominant hand) of all the pa...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 12, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research