ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA IN MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN - POPULATION STUDY OF WOMEN IN GOTEBORG 1968-1969

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 17  (2) , 133-143
Abstract
Body weight, body height, skinfolds, circumferences and weight indices in a population sample of 1462 women in ages 38-60 yr are presented. Significant age differences were noted. High correlations were found between body weight and triceps and subscapular skinfolds and between body weight and arm, waist and buttock circumferences. Age differences were mostly noted from 46-50 yr of age. After that age there was a comparatively greater increase of the waist circumference than of the buttock circumference, while triceps skinfold seem to decrease after the age of 50 indicating an altered adipose tissue distribution from the extremities to the trunk with increasing age. A previous study of body weight in the same population of women showed that apparently the age differences in body weight found in a cross-sectional study may to a large extent depend on differences between different cohorts studied.

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