Body Composition in Tribal Indian Girls from the North-East India
| Autor: | Vaman Khadilkar, Anuradha Khadilkar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Non-tribal
Anthropometry business.industry MEDLINE India North east Percent of body fat Body composition Tribal Fat-free mass Asian People Haplotypes Tripura Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Medicine population characteristics Humans Female Original Article Socioeconomics business Composition (language) human activities |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Pediatrics |
| ISSN: | 0973-7693 |
| Popis: | Objective To examine the body composition including fat patterning among 744 school going Chakma tribal and non- tribal Bengali girls (366 Chakma tribal and 378 Bengali girls), aged 6-12y from North, Unokoti, Dhalai and South District of Tripura. Methods The subjects were selected using cluster-random sampling method. The anthropometric measurements of height, weight, triceps and subscapular skinfold were recorded. The body mass index (BMI) was also calculated. The measurements were used to estimate percent body fat (PBF) and fat-free mass (FFM) from skinfolds. Fat mass (FM) and FFM were each divided by height squared to produce the fat-mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass index (FFMI). Body composition was assessed using FM, FFM, FMI and FFMI. Results Age-specific mean values of FM ranged from 2.65-6.75 kg (tribal) and 1.92-6.45 kg (non-tribal). Age-specific mean values of FFM ranged from 17.19-29.61 kg for tribals and 15.41-28.44 kg for non-tribals respectively. PBF of tribals was significantly (p |
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