Systematisation of anthropometric data of 17-year-old schoolgirls from Tartu, Estonia.
An anthropometric study of 358 healthy schoolgirls at the age from 17 to 18 years from all secondary schools of Tartu was carried out. 42 single body measurements and 11 skinfolds were measured, and 45 indices and body composition characteristics were derived from them. The data were systematised into 5 height-weight SD-classes according to the correspondence between height and weight. There were 3 classes with relative correspondence between height and weight: 1. short and light girls, 2. medium-height and medium-weight girls, 3. tall and heavy girls and 2 classes with the largest relative non-correspondence between height and weight: 4. pycnics, 5. leptosomes. In addition to the well-known differences between pycnics and leptosomes it was also shown that in the classes small--medium--big statistically significant gradual changes take place. The increase in the fullness of the body and in the amount of soft tissue was in positive correlation with total body fat and subcutaneous body fat and with bone-muscle rate in the cross-sectional area of the arm and the thigh. The increase in height was connected with proportional changes in the whole skeleton. As the proportions of fat, muscles and bones are in mutual correlation, for establishing of norms for these proportions it is necessary to take the body size into consideration.
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Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs, Tallinn, Estonia.
Peterson
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Saluste
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Koskel
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D000886:Anthropometry; D001823:Body Composition; D001824:Body Constitution; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D004957:Estonia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012016:Reference Values; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D013334:Students