Anthropometric measurements of white and black southern adolescent girls.
Anthropometric measurements of 691 white and 550 black 12-, 14-, and 16-year-old girls from three income groups, residing in the southern United States, were evaluated, Heights, weights, mid-upper arm circumferences, and arm muscle areas of 14-year-old girls were significantly higher than those of 12-year-old girls and significantly lower than those of girls 16 years of age; triceps skinfolds, arm fat areas, and body mass indexes of 12-year-olds were significantly lower than those of older subjects. Blacks had significantly higher weights, body mass indexes, and arm muscle areas than whites. Black 12-year-old girls were significantly taller than white 12-year-old girls but significantly shorter than older girls of either race; white 16-year-old girls were significantly taller than blacks of that age. Body mass indexes of black 12-year-olds and white 14-year-olds were significantly higher than those of white 12-year-olds, and significantly lower than those of black 14- and 16-year-olds. Medium-income blacks and whites of all income levels had lower (usually significantly) weights, body mass indexes, mid-upper arm circumferences, arm muscle areas, and arm fat areas than low- and high-income blacks did. Anthropometric values of white, but not of black, girls were generally similar to those reported in surveys of primarily white girls.
Korslund
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg 24061.
Clark
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Carter
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McCoy
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Glover
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Hegsted
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Schilling
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Liebman
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Kenney
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Stallings
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000886:Anthropometry; D001132:Arm; D044383:Black People; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015144:Southeastern United States; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American