Factors associated with heigh of medical student of University of Warmadewa
Made Cantika Kumara Dipa, I Gusti Ngurah Putu Sana

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Warmadewa

Abstract

Short body height will be a problem if the prevalence of abbreviation is high, which is 30-39% and very high such as ≥40%. In Indonesia the prevalence of short women >18 years in 2013 amounted to 41.6%. Short women tend to have risky pregnancies and give birth to short children as well. Short children have a greater risk of developing degenerative diseases and tend to have lower cognitive abilities that will impact on labor productivity and the economic condition in their adulthood. The purpose of this research is to know the correlation between age of menarche, birth weight and height of parent with the height of student at Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Warmadewa University. The method used was analitic cross sectional, about 66 samples were chosen using systematic random sampling technique and the data will be analyzed by correlation test of contingent coefficient with p <0,05. The results of this study were found to have a significant correlation with height of female students FKIK Unwar is birth weight (p = 0,016, C = 285) and height of parent (father-s height: p = 0,031, C = 0,256; mother-s height: p = 0,045, C = 240). While the age of menarche is not have a significant correlation with height of female students FKIK Unwar (p = 0,084, C = 208). Based on this study, the height of the parent body and the birth weight has a weak positive correlation with height of female students FKIK Unwar, while the age of menarche does not have a significant correlation with height of female students FKIK Unwar

Keywords: height, age of menarche, birth weight and height of parent

Topic: Biology

Link: https://ifory.id/abstract-plain/ERPj8CckAvuw

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