title: [Results of an anthropometric study of the adult Canarian population from 1985 to 1987].
abstract: Presentation of the results of an anthropometric study conducted among the population of the province of Tenerife from 1985-1987. Tables of the parameters by age groups and sex were attached: these parameters included weight, height, triceps fold, circumference of arm, muscular and fatty areas of arm. A table of weights according to sex for each centimetre of height was also attached. Likewise, percentile graphs and their evolution throughout different decades of age were attached. Lastly, comments were made on the differences between this and other anthropometric studies.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Laguna.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González Hermoso
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Porta Aznárez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herrero Segura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001132:Arm / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Resultados del estudio antropométrico de la población canaria adulta 1985-1987.