title: Nutritional anthropometric measurements of male Tamil clerks in Madras (sea coast plains) and Ooty (hills).
abstract: The mean values and standard deviations of height, weight, bicristal diameter, arm girth and skinfold measurements at triceps and biceps of 315 Tamilian adult men from Madras (South India) and 318 adult men of the same ethnic, linguistic, socioeconomic and age groups from the Hill Station of Ooty (South India) are compared. Intercorrelations between age and six anthropometric parameters have also been presented separately for Madras and Ooty subjects. Body weight, arm girth and skinfold measurements were significantly higher in Madras subjects, and bicristal diameter measurements were significantly higher in Ooty subjects. Stature measurements were lower in Ooty subjects than Madras subjects but the difference was not statistically significant. In both Madras and Ooty subjects, highest positive correlations were observed between arm girth and body weight. The next highest correlation observed was between triceps-biceps skinfolds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D044466:Asian People; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology*