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Skinfold thicknesses, body circumferences and their relationship to age, sex, and socioeconomic status in adults from Northwest India

1991; Wiley; Volume: 3; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/ajhb.1310030507

1520-6300

Sanjeev Yadav, Gary D. Indech, Indar Jit, Francis E. Johnston,

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Abstract Subcutaneous fatness, measured anthropometrically, was analyzed in a sample of 651 males and females, 18–49 years of age, of high and low socioeconomic status (SES) from the Chandigarh zone of Northwest India. There were significant differences between lower and upper SES males and females. In general, all groups tend to show increases in indicators of fatness between the 18–29 and the 30–39 year age groups. However, there was less consistency across groups between 30–39 and 40–49 years. There is no difference in sexual dimorphism between SES groups. Means of lower SES subjects are approximately 1 S.D. below those of U.S. reference data. Using the body mass index as a criterion, no lower SES individuals were classified as overweight or obese. In the upper SES sample, 12.1% were classified as overweight.