WEIGHT-TO-HEIGHT INDEX AS A MORPHOLOGICAL CRITERION FOR DISTINGUISHINGCONSTITUTIONAL GROUPS IN GIRLS AGED7-9 YEARS
R V Tambovtseva , V F Vorob'ev , R V Tambovtseva , V F Vorobyov
Morphology ›› 2009, Vol. 135 ›› Issue (1) : 53 -57.
WEIGHT-TO-HEIGHT INDEX AS A MORPHOLOGICAL CRITERION FOR DISTINGUISHINGCONSTITUTIONAL GROUPS IN GIRLS AGED7-9 YEARS
This report explores the possibility of the application of weight-to-height index order statistics for the determination of constitutional groups in mass children examinations within the monitoring framework. The level of the physical development was studied in 1383 girls aged 7-9 years living in the city of Cherepovetz. Body length and mass were determined, as well as thorax circumference and weight-to-height index. The statistical processing of the results obtained has shown that the values of 25th and 75th percentiles clearly defined the differences in the mode of total body size distribution in the girls of leptosomal and aurisomal body build. Weight-to-height index may be used as an informative criterion to distinguish the extreme variants of the body build.
leptosomal and aurisomal body build / weight-toheight index
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