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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology)</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology)</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Экология человека</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">1728-0869</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2949-1444</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">686824</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/humeco686824</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">FWBVVB</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ORIGINAL STUDY ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Current anthropometric characteristics of children and adolescents living in different areas of the nizhny novgorod region</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Характеристика антропометрических показателей современных детей и подростков, проживающих на различных территориях Нижегородской области</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title>现代儿童和青少年在下诺夫哥罗德州不同地区的身体测量特征</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0792-1190</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">56258842800</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">9919-8643</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kalyuzhny</surname><given-names>Eugene</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Калюжный</surname><given-names>Евгений Александрович</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Biology), Associate Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. биол. наук, доцент</p></bio><bio xml:lang="zh"><p>Cand. Sci. (Biology), Associate Professor</p></bio><email>eakmail@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Privolzhsky Research Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Приволжский исследовательский медицинский университет</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh">Privolzhsky Research Medical University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2026-01-19" publication-format="electronic"><day>19</day><month>01</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-02-22" publication-format="electronic"><day>22</day><month>02</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>33</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Экология человека</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="zh">Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology)</issue-title><fpage>54</fpage><lpage>64</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-07-06"><day>06</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-12-17"><day>17</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Эко-Вектор</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2026, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эко-Вектор</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="zh">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://hum-ecol.ru/1728-0869/article/view/686824">https://hum-ecol.ru/1728-0869/article/view/686824</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>BACKGROUND:<italic> </italic></bold>The morphological and physical development status of children and adolescents in the Nizhny Novgorod Region may be determined by specific environmental conditions.</p> <p><bold>AIM:<italic> </italic></bold>The study aimed to identify characteristics and describe the morphological status of children and adolescents within the environmental context of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.</p> <p><bold>METHODS: </bold>The study material comprised anthropometric data collected by the author from populations of children and adolescents in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, fully comparable with the unified methodological standards of the Research Institute of Hygiene and Health Protection of Children and Adolescents. Analysis of total body dimensions was performed using operational datasets and contemporary descriptive approaches that document changes and provide an objective profile of anthropometric indicators within the regional secular trend, with consideration of environmental load characteristics and place of residence of the studied population groups. Quantitative assessment of statistical differences by sex, age, and geographic location was performed using Student’s t test, Fisher’s test, Kruskal–Wallis test, and Pearson’s test, with differences considered significant at <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.05.</p> <p><bold>RESULTS:</bold> Changes in sex- and age-related characteristics of anthropometric parameters were demonstrated. Sexual dimorphism in total body dimensions was observed at ages 11–14 years, with residents of the northern territories lagging by an average of 2–3 months. Annual growth increments revealed substantial advantages for most parameters, except the body height. Variability in body height differed remarkably, manifesting in 45.5% of cases in northern areas and 72.7% in southern areas. The tempo of pubertal development was more accelerated in southern areas, whereas in northern areas the proportion of delayed maturation was 50.0% higher.</p> <p><bold><italic>CONCLUSION:</italic></bold> The set of natural and climatic conditions in the northern and southern territories of the Nizhny Novgorod Region determines the characteristics in a heterogeneous manner. Children and adolescents living in southern territories demonstrated higher values across most parameters, whereas their northern peers showed delayed pubertal development, with boys exhibiting relative advantages in functional indicators and body height. The southern cohort showed a notably lower proportion of individuals with low body weight and a predominance of children with increased body weight and height, whereas the opposite pattern was observed in northern territories. Pubertal development was remarkably accelerated in southern territories, whereas in the extreme northern territories, delayed development among boys was 1.5 times higher and advanced development occurred twice as rarely, with comparable proportions within normal ranges. Among girls from northern regions, the proportion of delayed development showed a substantial positive correlation with age.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Обоснование. </bold>Морфологический статус детей и подростков Нижегородской области может быть детерминирован в контексте особенностей среды обитания.</p> <p><bold>Цель.</bold> Выявление характеристик и констатация морфологического статуса детей и подростков в комплексе особенностей экзосреды Нижегородской области.</p> <p><bold>Методы.</bold> Источник материала — собранные авторами антропометрические показатели популяции детей и подростков Нижегородской области, полностью сравнимые с едиными методическими стандартами НИИ гигиены и охраны здоровья детей и подростков. Анализ тотальных размеров тела проведён на базе оперативных массивов данных, современных описаний, констатирующих динамику, объективную картину антропометрических показателей в региональном секулярном тренде с учётом особенностей нагрузок природной среды обитания и места жительства наблюдаемых популяционных групп. Для количественной оценки величин статистических различий показателей по половому, возрастному, географическому признакам использовали критерии Стьюдента, Фишера, Краскела–Уоллиса, Пирсона с ошибкой различий при p &lt;0,05.</p> <p><bold>Результаты.</bold> Представлена динамика половозрастных характеристик морфологических показателей. Половой диморфизм тотальных размеров тела показан в 11–14-летнем возрасте с отставанием жителей северных территорий в среднем на 2–3 мес. Годовые приросты выявили значимые приоритеты по всем показателям, кроме длины тела. Выявленные различия дисперсий длины тела на севере значимо проявились в 45,5% случаев, на юге — в 72,7%. На юге темп полового созревания более ускорен, на севере доля отстающих на 50,0% выше.</p> <p><bold>Заключение. </bold>Комплекс природно-климатических условий северных и южных территорий Нижегородской области детерминирует наблюдаемые показатели неоднозначно: если жители южных территорий констатируют большие результаты по всем наблюдаемым признакам, то северные сверстники демонстрируют отставание по признаку полового созревания, у юношей приоритет результатов функционала и длины тела. Южная когорта обнаруживает значимо меньшую долю сверстников с низкой массой тела и преобладание доли детей с повышенной массой тела и длиной тела, на северных территориях проявляется картина обратных пропорций. На южных территориях половое созревание значимо более ускорено, на крайних северных территориях у юношей отставание выше в 1,5 раза, а опережающее развитие в 2 раза меньше при относительно равных долях, соответствующих норме. У девушек северных районов доля отстающих значимо положительно коррелирует с возрастом.</p></trans-abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="zh"><p>方法。材料来源是作者收集的下诺夫哥罗德州儿童和青少年的人体测量指标，这些指标完全符合儿童和青少年卫生与健康研究所的统一方法标准。对身体总尺寸的分析基于操作数据集，现代描述，确认区域世俗趋势中人体测量指标的动态和客观图景，同时考虑到自然栖息环境和观察到的人群居住地的负荷特征。为了定量评估指标在性别、年龄和地理特征上的统计学差异，采用了t检验、Fisher检验、Kruskal-Wallis检验和Pearson检验，显著性水平设定为p&lt;0.05。</p> <p>结果。展示了形态指标的性别年龄动态特征。性别二态性在11至14岁时表现出身体总尺寸的差异，北部地区居民平均落后2至3个月。年度增长显示出除身体长度外所有指标的显著优先性。北部地区身体长度差异在45.5%的情况下显著，而南部为72.7%。南部性成熟速度更快，北部落后比例高出50.0%。</p> <p>结论。下诺夫哥罗德州北部和南部地区的自然气候条件对观察指标的影响存在差异：南部地区居民在所有指标上表现更优，而北部同龄人的性成熟则相对滞后，其中男孩在身体机能和身高方面更具优势。南部群体中，体重偏低的同龄人比例显著较低，而体重和身高偏高的儿童比例则占优势；北部地区则呈现完全相反的趋势。在南部地区，性成熟显著加快，而在极北地区，男孩的落后程度高出1.5倍，超前发展减少一半，符合标准的比例相对相等。北部地区女孩的落后比例与年龄显著正相关。</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>children and adolescents</kwd><kwd>morphological parameters</kwd><kwd>living environment</kwd><kwd>age- and sex-related growth increments</kwd><kwd>population determinants</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>дети и подростки</kwd><kwd>морфологические показатели</kwd><kwd>среда обитания</kwd><kwd>половозрастные приросты</kwd><kwd>популяционные детерминации</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="zh"><kwd>儿童和青少年</kwd><kwd>形态指标</kwd><kwd>生存环境</kwd><kwd>性别年龄增长</kwd><kwd>种群决定因素。</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The legal representatives of the study participants voluntarily signed an informed consent form prior to inclusion in the study. Funding sources: The study was carried out within the framework of the industry topic (Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation) "Mechanisms of regulation of physiological functions in norm and pathology", the search topic (PIMU) "Integrative methods for assessing the functional state of the body", the State Task "Long-term monitoring of the state of the musculoskeletal system in children engaged in sports (SP) (experimental group) and not engaged in Student Sports (NSP) (control group)".</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование выполнено в рамках отраслевой темы (МЗ РФ) «Механизмы регуляции физиологических функций в норме и патологии», поисковой темы (ПИМУ) «Интегративные методы оценки функционального состояния организма», Госзадания «Многолетний мониторинг состояния опорно-двигательного аппарата у детей, занимающихся видом спорта (СП) (группа эксперимента) и не занимающихся спортом учащихся (НСП) (группа контроля)».</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="zh">The legal representatives of the study participants voluntarily signed an informed consent form prior to inclusion in the study. 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