Singal P, Sidhu L S
Anthropol Anz. 1981 Jun;39(2):116-28.
A cross-sectional study of morphological age changes with special reference to senescence has been conducted on the females of the Jat-Sikh and Bania communities of Punjab (India). These two communities are endogamous at caste level. The Jat-Sikh is traditionally an agriculturist community, mostly residing in the villages, whereas the Bania is traditionally a trading community and is living in cities. The data were collected during 1975-76 on 502 Jat-Sikh and 510 Bania females, ranging in age from 20 to 80 years. Weight, stature, sitting height and subischial length have been reported in the present paper. A peak in weight of 54.53 kg at age-group 40-44 in Jat-Sikhs and 58.01 kg at age-group 45-49 in Banias have been observed after which a decline sets in. The stature as been found to decrease continuously with advancing age from age group 20-24 in Bania and 30-34 in Jat-Sikhs up to age group 70+ giving a total decrement of 5.78 cm in Jat-Sikhs and 8.66 cm in Banias. Sitting height seems to play a major role in the shrinkage of stature contributing about 4.50 cm in Jat-Sikhs and 6.71 cm in Banias, whereas subischial length has been found to decrease only by 1.65 cm in Jat-Sikhs and 1.95 cm in Bania females. The females of the present series have been compared with American, British and rural Colombian females.
对印度旁遮普邦贾特 - 锡克族和班尼亚族女性进行了一项横断面研究，特别关注衰老过程中的形态年龄变化。这两个社区在种姓层面实行内婚制。贾特 - 锡克族传统上是农业社区，大多居住在村庄，而班尼亚族传统上是贸易社区，居住在城市。数据于1975 - 1976年收集，涉及502名年龄在20至80岁之间的贾特 - 锡克族女性和510名班尼亚族女性。本文报告了体重、身高、坐高和坐骨下长度。观察到贾特 - 锡克族40 - 44岁年龄组体重峰值为54.53千克，班尼亚族45 - 49岁年龄组体重峰值为58.01千克，此后体重开始下降。发现班尼亚族从20 - 24岁年龄组、贾特 - 锡克族从30 - 34岁年龄组开始，身高随着年龄增长持续下降，直至70岁以上年龄组，贾特 - 锡克族身高总共下降5.78厘米，班尼亚族下降8.66厘米。坐高似乎在身高缩减中起主要作用，贾特 - 锡克族约为4.50厘米，班尼亚族约为6.71厘米，而贾特 - 锡克族坐骨下长度仅下降1.65厘米，班尼亚族女性下降1.95厘米。将本研究系列中的女性与美国、英国和哥伦比亚农村女性进行了比较。
