jerrytz
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Short stature refers to a height of a human being which is below typical. Whether a person is considered short depends on the context. Because of the lack of preciseness, there is often disagreement about the degree of shortness that should be called short.
In a medical context, short stature is typically defined as an adult height that is more than 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender, which corresponds to the shortest 2.3% of individuals.[1] In developed countries, this typically includes adult men who are shorter than 163 centimetres (5 ft 4 in) tall and adult women who are shorter than 150 centimetres (4 ft 11 in) tall. Again though, when shortness is called "short" is debatable, others would say 170 centimetres (5 ft 7 in) and 157 centimetres (5 ft 2 in) for men and women respectively due to those heights being 1 standard deviation below the average for each of their genders, while others would say 155 centimetres (5 ft 1 in) for men and 143 centimetres (4 ft 8 in) for women since both heights are 3 standard deviations below the average for their respective gender
In a medical context, short stature is typically defined as an adult height that is more than 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender, which corresponds to the shortest 2.3% of individuals.[1] In developed countries, this typically includes adult men who are shorter than 163 centimetres (5 ft 4 in) tall and adult women who are shorter than 150 centimetres (4 ft 11 in) tall. Again though, when shortness is called "short" is debatable, others would say 170 centimetres (5 ft 7 in) and 157 centimetres (5 ft 2 in) for men and women respectively due to those heights being 1 standard deviation below the average for each of their genders, while others would say 155 centimetres (5 ft 1 in) for men and 143 centimetres (4 ft 8 in) for women since both heights are 3 standard deviations below the average for their respective gender
Nimekuwa nikiitwa mfupi kwa muda mrefu sana,mara nyingi siamini kama ni mfupi kiasi cha kushindwa kuwa katika average heigh ambayo msichana anaweza kunichukulia poa,nikaamua kwenda kupima urefu wangu,jamaa aliyenipima aliniambia nna 5.69 inch,nataka kujua kiwango cha urefu ambacho kinajulikana kuwa wafupi ni wale chini ya kipimo hiki,wanasema urefu wa mtu utegemeana na umesimama na nani,me natamani kufahamu kama kwa height ni mfupi sana or average.