Pathmanathan G, Prakash S
Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Indian J Med Res. 1994 Jun;99:272-8.
Attained means and standard deviations of the skinfold thicknesses at triceps, biceps, subscapular and suprailiac sites are presented for 6-16 yr old 589 boys and 566 girls belonging to well-off families residing in Chandigarh, north west India. Girls had larger means throughout the growing period. Limb skinfolds in boys showed a pre-adolescent fatwave followed by a marked decrease in the means. Compared to the British standards, well-off north west Indians had larger triceps and subscapular skinfold thicknesses being closer/above the 75th centile. This agreed well with the observations of earlier workers. Among the possible influencing factors for the fatness of these children, lack of physical activity appeared to be a major one.
文中列出了印度西北部昌迪加尔市家境富裕的589名6至16岁男孩和566名女孩肱三头肌、肱二头肌、肩胛下和髂嵴上部位皮褶厚度的均值及标准差。在整个生长阶段，女孩的均值更大。男孩四肢的皮褶厚度在青春期前出现脂肪波，随后均值显著下降。与英国标准相比，家境富裕的印度西北部人群肱三头肌和肩胛下皮褶厚度更大，接近或高于第75百分位数。这与早期研究人员的观察结果非常吻合。在这些儿童肥胖的可能影响因素中，缺乏体育活动似乎是一个主要因素。
