Anthropometric characteristics of adult Bengalee slum dwellers of Midnapore town, Paschim Medinipore, West Bengal, India
Journal Title: International Journal of Experimental Research and Review - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 7
Abstract
A cross sectional study of 1000 Bengalee adults slum dwellers (male=494, female=506) aged 18-81 years of Midnapore town, Paschim Medinipore, West Bengal, India was undertaken to study anthropometric characteristics as well as their age and sex differences in anthropometric variables. The age range of this study was 18 to 81 years. Subjects were classified into five age groups, each with a width of 10 years. The groups were 18-29.9 (males=238, females=186), 30-39.9 (males=105, females=119), 40-49.9 (males=61, females=98), 50-59.9(males=46, females=55), and >60 (males=44, females=48) years. Ten anthropometric variables and BMI (kg/m2 ) have been used in the present report. The sex differences of all the anthropometric variables except waist circumference of slum dwellers are statistically significant at the 0.05 level. The mean differences between age groups of males of HT,WT and HT of females are statistically significant at the level 0.05 but WT of females are not statistically significant (F=1.89, P<0.05).
Authors and Affiliations
Priyanka Das; Argina Khatun; Mithu Bhadra; Ashish Mukhopadhyay; Kaushik Bose
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