title: [The morphofunctional state of the respiratory system in 18-27-year-old persons living in Uzbekistan].
abstract: The morphofunctional state of the respiratory system was studied in 2104 male Uzbeks aged 18-27 years from rural and urban areas. The chest circumference, frontal and sagittal diameters, respiratory excursion and vital capacity, breath holding were found to be higher in the rural males in almost all age groups than in the urban ones, suggesting that the latter had a low activity. The increase in the diametrical chest sizes mainly occurred by the asthenic type in the rural males and by the hyperstenic type in the urban ones. Unlike the urban males, the rural ones showed a more developed respiratory system and its rather higher functional and adaptive capacities. There was a close correlation of the total sizes of the body with the morphological signs of the chest and their low correlation with the external respiratory functional parameters.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Iskandarova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000639:trends; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012119:Respiration; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population; D014610:Uzbekistan