Weights, Heights and Quetelet's Indices of Children with Sickle-cell Anaemia ( Sicklers).

Abstract

Summary: The Weights, heights, and Quetelet's indices (QI) of 322 sicklers, aged between six and 16 years were compared with those of 319 healthy school children matched for sex, age and social class. The mean weight for the healthy male controls was 37.27 + 9.82kg compared with 26.S + 7.3kg for the sicklers. Corresponding mean weights for the female controls and the female sicklers were 35.90 + 8.6kg and 27.09 +8.6 kg, respectively. These differences in means weights between the controls and the sicklers of both sexes were significant (P<0.01). The mean heights for the male controls and the sicklers were 152.36 + 14 81cm and 134.36 + 15.27cm respectively, while the corresponding mean heights for the females were 142.6 + 12.26cm and 1327 + 15.6cm, respectively. The differences were again significant in both sexes (P<0.01). The mean QI of the male controls was 15.9 12. 24 compared with 14.55 | 1.60 for the sicklers. Corresponding indices for the female controls and for the sicklers were 15.27 +3.02 and 14.56 +1.5, respectively and differences in these indices between the two groups in both sexes were similarly significant (p <0.01).