Zbigniew Czapla

ORCID: 0000-0001-9093-3602
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Research Areas
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutrition and Health Studies
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Historical and modern epidemiology studies
  • Body Composition Measurement Techniques
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • Health and Conflict Studies
  • Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Biofield Effects and Biophysics
  • Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
  • Social Issues and Policies
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Labour Market and Migration
  • Advanced Scientific Research Methods
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Mining and Industrial Processes
  • Education and Cultural Studies

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
2007-2020

University of Wrocław
1999

Population studies indicate a strong relationship between birth weight (BW) and body size in later life. However, BW as variable was never accounted for on the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) overweight. This study aims to assess ADHD overweight with control of other confounding factors. Prevalence compared clinical sample 219 boys 396 without ADHD, aged 6–18 years. The following factors were controlled: BW, parents income education level, place residence, type, selected...

10.1007/s00787-014-0531-1 article EN cc-by European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2014-03-16

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to evaluate relationship between BMI at menarche and selected growth spurt parameters, such as age take-off pubertal (ATO), peak height velocity (APHV), duration (APHV-ATO), rate. Methods: group consisted 243 girls aged 10-16 years. Several measurements body weight have been taken for each girl during girls' development (longitudinal study). Nutritional status has assessed using IOTF (Cole et al. 2000; Cole 2007). Girls were asked about their...

10.1127/anthranz/2019/0920 article EN Anthropologischer Anzeiger 2019-01-15

Objective: Previous studies have associated attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with growth deviations and obesity. However, available data regarding the of children ADHD in their early childhood are insufficient. Therefore, we aimed to examine whether there differences body size between preschool boys without ADHD. Methods: The study used cross-sectional retrospective longitudinal concerning 112 a community-based sample 308 groups were homogeneous terms socioeconomic status,...

10.1089/cap.2014.0157 article EN Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2015-09-24

The aim of the study is to determine influence socioeconomic factors on age at menarche in Polish girls. Questionnaire data 2016 girls were collected during cross-sectional research. Within variables parents' education, urbanization, number children family and date considered. To examine effects analyzed menarche, analysis variance Kaplan-Meier method used. estimate mutual relations between variables, classification regression trees (CART) was applied. significantly affect menarche. latest...

10.1127/0003-5548/2013/0338 article EN Anthropologischer Anzeiger 2013-12-01

Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to compare the young adult body size Polish female university students born before, during, and after WWII. Methods Age, height, weight 492 measured between 1956 1972 were accessed from Department Anthropology archives (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań). sample divided into three birth year cohorts relative WWII: before ( n = 120), during 196), 176). Birth years spanned 1935 through 1952. BMI calculated. Body among compared with age student...

10.1002/ajhb.23040 article EN American Journal of Human Biology 2017-07-08

Summary Height is regarded as one of the indicators environmental stress at population level, being an excellent barometer standard living. The aim this study was to describe diversity in height among populations living different regions Kingdom Poland terms economic factors second half 19th and early 20th century. This examines adult inhabitants from five guberniyas (provinces) (Łomża, Warsaw, Radom, Kalisz Płock) collected years 1897–1914 ( N =732 men, =569 women). Differences average male...

10.1017/s0021932013000503 article EN Journal of Biosocial Science 2013-09-16

The aim of the study was to evaluate (1) changes over time in age at sexual initiation among Polish women and (2) underlying socio-economic determinants. 273 born between 1975 1995 Wielkopolska region (Poland) filled a questionnaire behavior. included questions about women's status such as place residence, level education, type school, marital status. Database statistical analyzes were performed using Statistica 10.0. Age differed significantly cohorts stratified by birth cohort (H = 61.4, p...

10.1127/anthranz/2018/0853 article EN Anthropologischer Anzeiger 2018-06-11

Summary The aim of this study was to assess the impact social and occupational status on BMI gentry peasantry in Kingdom Poland at turn 19th early 20th centuries. Use made data height weight 304 men, including 200 peasants 104 gentlemen, 275 women, from 75 gentry. Gentlemen were characterized by a greater body than (169.40 cm 166.96 cm, respectively), (67.09 kg 60.99 kg, respectively) higher (23.33 kg/m 2 21.83 , respectively). Landowners intelligentsia had (23.12 24.20 vs In case there no...

10.1017/s0021932016000481 article EN Journal of Biosocial Science 2016-10-11

The authors describe certain physical and biological properties of cell resulting electrical electrokinetic properties, directly or indirectly related with the Electrophoretic Mobility Cell Nuclei (EMN) index. This index, may become a new criterion in estimation age, irrespective stage ontogenesis.

10.18778/1898-6773.61.07 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Anthropological Review 1998-12-30

The aim of this study was to examine the effect economic changes in Polish territories under Austrian partition at end 19th and beginning 20th centuries on trend adult body height, number children a family, as socioeconomic factor, differences heights males females. Data collected 1939 survey for group 350 Lemkos living lands were obtained from archive material. Individual data height siblings, calculate family size. Linear regression analysis confirmed an increase by about 1.2 cm per decade...

10.1017/s0021932018000421 article EN Journal of Biosocial Science 2019-01-11

Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to assess time intervals between the age at menarche (AM) and sexual initiation (ASI) in Polish women born before after political transformation period Poland. Methods Participants were 518 1959 2001 AM ASI based on self‐report. Three birth cohorts distinguished year birth: I (1959‐1979), II (1980‐1989), III (1990‐2001). categories distinguished: early maturing (<12.0 years), average (12.0‐13.0 late (≥14.0 years). Temporal calculated. Results...

10.1002/ajhb.23436 article EN American Journal of Human Biology 2020-05-23
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