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Comparing the pelvis of Tibetan and Chinese Han women in rural areas of China: two population-based studies using coarsened exact matching

Fan, Xiaojing, Zhou, Zhongliang, Stewart, Martyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1037-7162, Wang, Duolao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2788-2464, Lan, Xin, Dang, Shaonong and Yan, Hong (2022) 'Comparing the pelvis of Tibetan and Chinese Han women in rural areas of China: two population-based studies using coarsened exact matching'. Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Vol 42, Issue 3, pp. 403-409.

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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the difference of pelvic size and shape between Tibetan and Chinese Han women. Data on pelvic dimension measures including interspinous diameter (IS), intercrestal diameter (IC), external conjugate (EC) and transverse outlet (TO) were acquired from two population-based studies amongst Tibetan women in Lhasa, and Chinese Han women in Shaanxi province in China. After coarsened exact matching, there was no statistical difference between any characteristics amongst Tibetan and Chinese Han women (p>.05). The generalised estimating equation models showed Tibetan women had significantly lower IS and IC means than Chinese Han women (IS: 24.39 cm vs. 24.77 cm, p<.001; IC: 26.35 cm vs. 26.93 cm, p<.001) but statistically higher in TO mean (9.12 cm vs. 9.03 cm, p<.001). This study showed Tibetan women have smaller pelvis compared to Chinese Han women. This should offer a useful literature on the comparison of pelvis between Tibetan and Chinese Han women although the difference is small.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 309 Women's health
WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries
WE Musculoskeletal System > WE 100 General works
Faculty: Department: Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Education
Digital Object Identifer (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1080/01443615.2021.1908241
Depositing User: Julie Franco
Date Deposited: 03 Aug 2021 12:56
Last Modified: 24 Jun 2022 01:02
URI: https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/18557

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